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Class Minimax</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>Minimax</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/CollatingFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">CollatingFunction</A></DL>
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This class implements the min() and max() functions
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<CODE>static int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#MAX">MAX</A></B></CODE>
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<CODE>static int</CODE></FONT></TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#Minimax()">Minimax</A></B>()</CODE>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">checkArguments</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor)</CODE>
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Static analysis: prevent sorting of the argument</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</A></B>()</CODE>
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Determine the cardinality of the function.</TD>
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Copy an expression.</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
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Determine whether two expressions are equivalent</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateItem</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)</CODE>
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Evaluate the function</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/sort/AtomicComparer.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr.sort">AtomicComparer</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/sort/AtomicComparer.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr.sort">AtomicComparer</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
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Get implementation method</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">ItemType</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
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Determine the item type of the value returned by the function</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#isIgnoreNaN()">isIgnoreNaN</A></B>()</CODE>
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Test whether NaN values are to be ignored</TD>
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int operation,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/sort/AtomicComparer.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr.sort">AtomicComparer</A> atomicComparer,
boolean ignoreNaN,
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Static method to evaluate the minimum or maximum of a sequence</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)</CODE>
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Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#setIgnoreNaN(boolean)">setIgnoreNaN</A></B>(boolean ignore)</CODE>
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Indicate whether NaN values should be ignored.</TD>
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<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)</CODE>
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Type-check the expression</TD>
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HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#staticTypeCheck(net.sf.saxon.value.SequenceType, boolean, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.RoleLocator, net.sf.saxon.TypeCheckerEnvironment)">staticTypeCheck</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#suppressValidation(int)">suppressValidation</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#typeError(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">typeError</A></CODE></TD>
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<A NAME="MIN"><!-- --></A><H3>
MIN</H3>
<PRE>
public static final int <B>MIN</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../constant-values.html#net.sf.saxon.functions.Minimax.MIN">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
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<A NAME="MAX"><!-- --></A><H3>
MAX</H3>
<PRE>
public static final int <B>MAX</B></PRE>
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<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../constant-values.html#net.sf.saxon.functions.Minimax.MAX">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
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<A NAME="Minimax()"><!-- --></A><H3>
Minimax</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>Minimax</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
</DL>
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<A NAME="setIgnoreNaN(boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setIgnoreNaN</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setIgnoreNaN</B>(boolean ignore)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Indicate whether NaN values should be ignored. For the external min() and max() function, a
NaN value in the input causes the result to be NaN. Internally, however, min() and max() are also
used in such a way that NaN values should be ignored.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ignore</CODE> - true if NaN values are to be ignored when computing the min or max.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="isIgnoreNaN()"><!-- --></A><H3>
isIgnoreNaN</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isIgnoreNaN</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Test whether NaN values are to be ignored
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if NaN values are to be ignored. This is the case for internally-generated min() and max()
functions used to support general comparisons</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getComparer()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getComparer</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/sort/AtomicComparer.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr.sort">AtomicComparer</A> <B>getComparer</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getArgumentType()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getArgumentType</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/BuiltInAtomicType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">BuiltInAtomicType</A> <B>getArgumentType</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getImplementationMethod()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getImplementationMethod</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>getImplementationMethod</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get implementation method
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html#getImplementationMethod()">getImplementationMethod</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a value that indicates this function is capable of being streamed</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)"><!-- --></A><H3>
checkArguments</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>checkArguments</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Static analysis: prevent sorting of the argument
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/CollatingFunction.html#checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">checkArguments</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/CollatingFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">CollatingFunction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - the expression visitor
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if the arguments are incorrect</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="computeCardinality()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeCardinality</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>computeCardinality</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Determine the cardinality of the function.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the computed cardinality, as one of the values <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html#ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE"><CODE>StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE</CODE></A>,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html#EXACTLY_ONE"><CODE>StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE</CODE></A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html#ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE"><CODE>StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE</CODE></A>,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html#ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE"><CODE>StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE</CODE></A></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="typeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)"><!-- --></A><H3>
typeCheck</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>typeCheck</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Type-check the expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#typeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">typeCheck</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">FunctionCall</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor<DD><CODE>contextItemType</CODE> - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked.
The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined.
If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/Type.html#ITEM_TYPE"><CODE>Type.ITEM_TYPE</CODE></A>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original expression, rewritten to perform necessary run-time type checks,
and to perform other type-related optimizations
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error is discovered during this phase
(typically a type error)</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)"><!-- --></A><H3>
optimize</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>optimize</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
<p/>
<p>This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved
to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor<DD><CODE>contextItemType</CODE> - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked.
The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined.
If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/Type.html#ITEM_TYPE"><CODE>Type.ITEM_TYPE</CODE></A>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error is discovered during this phase
(typically a type error)</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getItemType</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">ItemType</A> <B>getItemType</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/TypeHierarchy.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">TypeHierarchy</A> th)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Determine the item type of the value returned by the function
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html#getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">getItemType</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>th</CODE> - the type hierarchy cache
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the statically inferred type of the expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="copy()"><!-- --></A><H3>
copy</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>copy</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/CollatingFunction.html#copy()">copy</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/CollatingFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">CollatingFunction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the copy of the original expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="equals(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
equals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>equals</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> o)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Determine whether two expressions are equivalent
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/CollatingFunction.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/CollatingFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">CollatingFunction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
evaluateItem</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A> <B>evaluateItem</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Evaluate the function
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateItem</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>context</CODE> - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the
expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty
sequence
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the
expression</DL>
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<A NAME="getAtomicComparer(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getAtomicComparer</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/sort/AtomicComparer.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr.sort">AtomicComparer</A> <B>getAtomicComparer</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="minimax(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator, int, net.sf.saxon.expr.sort.AtomicComparer, boolean, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
minimax</H3>
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public static <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/AtomicValue.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">AtomicValue</A> <B>minimax</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A> iter,
int operation,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/sort/AtomicComparer.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr.sort">AtomicComparer</A> atomicComparer,
boolean ignoreNaN,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Static method to evaluate the minimum or maximum of a sequence
<P>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>iter</CODE> - Iterator over the input sequence<DD><CODE>operation</CODE> - either <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#MIN"><CODE>MIN</CODE></A> or <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/Minimax.html#MAX"><CODE>MAX</CODE></A><DD><CODE>atomicComparer</CODE> - an AtomicComparer used to compare values<DD><CODE>ignoreNaN</CODE> - true if NaN values are to be ignored<DD><CODE>context</CODE> - dynamic evaluation context
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the min or max value in the sequence, according to the rules of the fn:min() or fn:max() functions
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - typically if non-comparable values are found in the sequence</DL>
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