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Class EmptySequence&lt;T extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</H2>
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  <IMG SRC="../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">net.sf.saxon.value.Value</A>&lt;T&gt;
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">GroundedValue</A>&lt;T&gt;, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/ValueRepresentation.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">ValueRepresentation</A>&lt;T&gt;</DD>
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<DT><PRE>public final class <B>EmptySequence&lt;T extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;T&gt;<DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">GroundedValue</A>&lt;T&gt;</DL>
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An EmptySequence object represents a sequence containing no members.
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#asItem()">asItem</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the value in the form of an Item</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#effectiveBooleanValue()">effectiveBooleanValue</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the effective boolean value - always false</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></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>&nbsp;other)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is this expression the same as another expression?</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#getCardinality()">getCardinality</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determine the static cardinality</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#getInstance()">getInstance</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the implicit instance of this class</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/value/EmptySequence.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>&nbsp;th)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determine the item type</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#getLength()">getLength</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the length of the sequence</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#itemAt(int)">itemAt</A></B>(int&nbsp;n)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the n'th item in the sequence (starting from 0).</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A>&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#iterate()">iterate</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return an iteration over the sequence</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#subsequence(int, int)">subsequence</A></B>(int&nbsp;min,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get a subsequence of the value</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html#toString()">toString</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a string representation of the object.</TD>
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getInstance</H3>
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public static &lt;T extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt; <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">EmptySequence</A>&lt;T&gt; <B>getInstance</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Get the implicit instance of this class
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iterate</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A>&gt; <B>iterate</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Return an iteration over the sequence
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html#iterate()">iterate</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an iterator over the sequence of items</DL>
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asItem</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A> <B>asItem</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Return the value in the form of an Item
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the value in the form of an Item</DL>
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getItemType</H3>
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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>&nbsp;th)</PRE>
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<DD>Determine the item type
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html#getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">getItemType</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>th</CODE> - the type hierarchy cache
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getCardinality</H3>
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public int <B>getCardinality</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Determine the static cardinality
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html#getCardinality()">getCardinality</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the cardinality</DL>
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getLength</H3>
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public final int <B>getLength</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Get the length of the sequence
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html#getLength()">getLength</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">GroundedValue</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html#getLength()">getLength</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>always 0 for an empty sequence</DL>
</DD>
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<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>&nbsp;other)</PRE>
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<DD>Is this expression the same as another expression?
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
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<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/ClassCastException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">ClassCastException</A></CODE> - if the values are not comparable</DL>
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<A NAME="hashCode()"><!-- --></A><H3>
hashCode</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>hashCode</B>()</PRE>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html#hashCode()">hashCode</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="effectiveBooleanValue()"><!-- --></A><H3>
effectiveBooleanValue</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>effectiveBooleanValue</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the effective boolean value - always false
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html#effectiveBooleanValue()">effectiveBooleanValue</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
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<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the effective boolean value</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="itemAt(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
itemAt</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> <B>itemAt</B>(int&nbsp;n)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the n'th item in the sequence (starting from 0). This is defined for all
 Values, but its real benefits come for a sequence Value stored extensionally
 (or for a MemoClosure, once all the values have been read)
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html#itemAt(int)">itemAt</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">GroundedValue</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html#itemAt(int)">itemAt</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/Value.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">Value</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>n</CODE> - position of the required item, counting from zero.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the n'th item in the sequence, where the first item in the sequence is
         numbered zero. If n is negative or >= the length of the sequence, returns null.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="subsequence(int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
subsequence</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">GroundedValue</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A>&gt; <B>subsequence</B>(int&nbsp;min,
                                    int&nbsp;length)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get a subsequence of the value
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html#subsequence(int, int)">subsequence</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/GroundedValue.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">GroundedValue</A>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/EmptySequence.html" title="type parameter in EmptySequence">T</A> extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>min</CODE> - the index of the first item to be included in the result, counting from zero.
               A negative value is taken as zero. If the value is beyond the end of the sequence, an empty
               sequence is returned<DD><CODE>length</CODE> - the number of items to be included in the result. Specify Integer.MAX_VALUE to
               get the subsequence up to the end of the base sequence. If the value is negative, an empty sequence
               is returned. If the value goes off the end of the sequence, the result returns items up to the end
               of the sequence
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the required subsequence. If min is</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="toString()"><!-- --></A><H3>
toString</H3>
<PRE>
public <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>toString</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns a string representation of the object.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#toString()" title="class or interface in java.lang">toString</A></CODE> in class <CODE><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></CODE></DL>
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