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Class ProcessingInstruction</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>ProcessingInstruction</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></DL>
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An xsl:processing-instruction element in the stylesheet, or a processing-instruction
constructor in a query
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#ProcessingInstruction(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">ProcessingInstruction</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> name)</CODE>
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Create an xsl:processing-instruction instruction</TD>
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<CODE>protected <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#checkContent(java.lang.String, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">checkContent</A></B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> data,
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Check the content of the node, and adjust it if necessary</TD>
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Check the content of the node, and adjust it if necessary, using the XQuery rules</TD>
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Check the content of the node, and adjust it if necessary, using the XSLT rules</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#copy()">copy</A></B>()</CODE>
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Copy an expression.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/NodeName.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">NodeName</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#evaluateNodeName(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateNodeName</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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Run-time method to compute the name of the node being constructed.</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)">explain</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trace/ExpressionPresenter.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trace">ExpressionPresenter</A> out)</CODE>
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Diagnostic print of expression structure.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#getCardinality()">getCardinality</A></B>()</CODE>
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Determine the static cardinality of the expression.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#getDependencies()">getDependencies</A></B>()</CODE>
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Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on.</TD>
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<CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#getInstructionNameCode()">getInstructionNameCode</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the name of this instruction for diagnostic and tracing purposes</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>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">getItemType</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/TypeHierarchy.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">TypeHierarchy</A> th)</CODE>
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Get the item type of the items returned by evaluating this instruction</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/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#getNameExpression()">getNameExpression</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the expression that defines the processing instruction name</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Iterator</A><<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/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#iterateSubExpressions()">iterateSubExpressions</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#localTypeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">localTypeCheck</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
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Method to perform type-checking specific to the kind of instruction</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#processValue(java.lang.CharSequence, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">processValue</A></B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> value,
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Process the value of the node, to create the new node.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#promoteInst(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer)">promoteInst</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PromotionOffer.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PromotionOffer</A> offer)</CODE>
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Offer promotion for subexpressions.</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#replaceSubExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">replaceSubExpression</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> original,
<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> replacement)</CODE>
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Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression</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/expr/instruct/ProcessingInstruction.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">simplify</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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Simplify an expression.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#computeSpecialProperties()">computeSpecialProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#createsNewNodes()">createsNewNodes</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateItem</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#getContentExpression()">getContentExpression</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">iterate</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#processLeavingTail(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">processLeavingTail</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#setSelect(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.Configuration)">setSelect</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#typeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">typeCheck</A></CODE></TD>
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<A NAME="ProcessingInstruction(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
ProcessingInstruction</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>ProcessingInstruction</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> name)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create an xsl:processing-instruction instruction
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - the expression used to compute the name of the generated
processing-instruction</DL>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getInstructionNameCode()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getInstructionNameCode</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>getInstructionNameCode</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the name of this instruction for diagnostic and tracing purposes
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/Instruction.html#getInstructionNameCode()">getInstructionNameCode</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/Instruction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">Instruction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the string "xsl:processing-instruction"</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getNameExpression()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getNameExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>getNameExpression</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the expression that defines the processing instruction name
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the expression that defines the processing instruction name</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><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/Instruction.html#getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">Instruction</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Get the item type of the items returned by evaluating this instruction
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/Instruction.html#getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">getItemType</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/Instruction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">Instruction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>th</CODE> - the type hierarchy cache
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the static item type of the instruction</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getCardinality()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getCardinality</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>getCardinality</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getCardinality()">Expression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Determine the static cardinality of the expression. This establishes how many items
there will be in the result of the expression, at compile time (i.e., without
actually evaluating the result.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getCardinality()">getCardinality</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>Returns:</B><DD>one of the values Cardinality.ONE_OR_MORE,
Cardinality.ZERO_OR_MORE, Cardinality.EXACTLY_ONE,
Cardinality.ZERO_OR_ONE, Cardinality.EMPTY. This default
implementation returns ZERO_OR_MORE (which effectively gives no
information).</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)"><!-- --></A><H3>
simplify</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>simplify</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><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/Instruction.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">Instruction</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Simplify an expression. This performs any static optimization (by rewriting the expression
as a different expression). The default implementation does nothing.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">simplify</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the simplified expression
<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 expression
rewriting</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>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#copy()">copy</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>Returns:</B><DD>the copy of the original expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="localTypeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)"><!-- --></A><H3>
localTypeCheck</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>localTypeCheck</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><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#localTypeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Method to perform type-checking specific to the kind of instruction
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#localTypeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">localTypeCheck</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</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 the context item
<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 a type error is detected</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getDependencies()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getDependencies</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>getDependencies</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getDependencies()">Expression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on. The result is
a bitwise-or'ed value composed from constants such as XPathContext.VARIABLES and
XPathContext.CURRENT_NODE. The default implementation combines the intrinsic
dependencies of this expression with the dependencies of the subexpressions,
computed recursively. This is overridden for expressions such as FilterExpression
where a subexpression's dependencies are not necessarily inherited by the parent
expression.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getDependencies()">getDependencies</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>Returns:</B><DD>a set of bit-significant flags identifying the dependencies of
the expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="iterateSubExpressions()"><!-- --></A><H3>
iterateSubExpressions</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Iterator</A><<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>> <B>iterateSubExpressions</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterateSubExpressions()">Expression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation
returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no
sub-expressions.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#iterateSubExpressions()">iterateSubExpressions</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="replaceSubExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
replaceSubExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>replaceSubExpression</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> original,
<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> replacement)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#replaceSubExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">replaceSubExpression</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>original</CODE> - the original subexpression<DD><CODE>replacement</CODE> - the replacement subexpression
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the original subexpression is found</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="promoteInst(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer)"><!-- --></A><H3>
promoteInst</H3>
<PRE>
protected void <B>promoteInst</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PromotionOffer.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PromotionOffer</A> offer)
throws <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Offer promotion for subexpressions. The offer will be accepted if the subexpression
is not dependent on the factors (e.g. the context item) identified in the PromotionOffer.
By default the offer is not accepted - this is appropriate in the case of simple expressions
such as constant values and variable references where promotion would give no performance
advantage. This method is always called at compile time.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#promoteInst(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer)">promoteInst</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>offer</CODE> - details of the offer, for example the offer to move
expressions that don't depend on the context to an outer level in
the containing expression
<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 error is detected</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="processValue(java.lang.CharSequence, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
processValue</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>processValue</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> value,
<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>Process the value of the node, to create the new node.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#processValue(java.lang.CharSequence, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">processValue</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>value</CODE> - the string value of the new node<DD><CODE>context</CODE> - the dynamic evaluation context
<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>
<HR>
<A NAME="checkContent(java.lang.String, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
checkContent</H3>
<PRE>
protected <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>checkContent</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> data,
<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>Check the content of the node, and adjust it if necessary
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#checkContent(java.lang.String, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">checkContent</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>data</CODE> - the supplied content<DD><CODE>context</CODE> - the dynamic context
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original content, unless adjustments are needed
<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 content is invalid</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="checkContentXSLT(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
checkContentXSLT</H3>
<PRE>
public static <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>checkContentXSLT</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> data)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Check the content of the node, and adjust it if necessary, using the XSLT rules
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>data</CODE> - the supplied content
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original content, unless adjustments are needed</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="checkContentXQuery(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
checkContentXQuery</H3>
<PRE>
public static <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>checkContentXQuery</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> data)
throws <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Check the content of the node, and adjust it if necessary, using the XQuery rules
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>data</CODE> - the supplied content
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original content, unless adjustments are needed
<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 content is invalid</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="evaluateNodeName(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
evaluateNodeName</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/NodeName.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">NodeName</A> <B>evaluateNodeName</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><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#evaluateNodeName(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Run-time method to compute the name of the node being constructed. This is overridden
for nodes that have a name. The default implementation returns -1, which is suitable for
unnamed nodes such as comments
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html#evaluateNodeName(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateNodeName</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/instruct/SimpleNodeConstructor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct">SimpleNodeConstructor</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>context</CODE> - the XPath dynamic evaluation context
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the name pool nameCode identifying the name of the constructed node
<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 failure occurs</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)"><!-- --></A><H3>
explain</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>explain</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trace/ExpressionPresenter.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trace">ExpressionPresenter</A> out)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree
is written to the supplied output destination.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)">explain</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>out</CODE> - the expression presenter used to display the structure</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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