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Class FilterExpression</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public final class <B>FilterExpression</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/ContextSwitchingExpression.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">ContextSwitchingExpression</A></DL>
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A FilterExpression contains a base expression and a filter predicate, which may be an
 integer expression (positional filter), or a boolean expression (qualifier)
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<CODE>static&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#FILTERED">FILTERED</A></B></CODE>

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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#FilterExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">FilterExpression</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;start,
                 <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;filter)</CODE>

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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.PathMapNodeSet.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap.PathMapNodeSet</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#addToPathMap(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap.PathMapNodeSet)">addToPathMap</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap</A>&nbsp;pathMap,
             <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.PathMapNodeSet.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap.PathMapNodeSet</A>&nbsp;pathMapNodeSet)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Add a representation of this expression to a PathMap.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the static cardinality of this expression</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#computeDependencies()">computeDependencies</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#computeSpecialProperties()">computeSpecialProperties</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the static properties of this expression (other than its type).</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.html#copy()">copy</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Copy an expression.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.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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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.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>&nbsp;out)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Diagnostic print of expression structure.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.html#getControlledExpression()">getControlledExpression</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the subexpression that is evaluated in the new context</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.html#getControllingExpression()">getControllingExpression</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the underlying expression</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.html#getExpressionName()">getExpressionName</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.html#getFilter()">getFilter</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the filter expression</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/IntegerValue.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">IntegerValue</A>[]</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#getIntegerBounds()">getIntegerBounds</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For an expression that returns an integer or a sequence of integers, get
 a lower and upper bound on the values of the integers that may be returned, from
 static analysis.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<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/expr/FilterExpression.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;Get the data type of the items returned</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#hashCode()">hashCode</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;get HashCode for comparing two expressions</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#hasLoopingSubexpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">hasLoopingSubexpression</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;child)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Given an expression that is an immediate child of this expression, test whether
 the evaluation of the parent expression causes the child expression to be
 evaluated repeatedly</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#isFilterIsPositional()">isFilterIsPositional</A></B>()</CODE>

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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#isIndependentNumericFilter()">isIndependentNumericFilter</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determine whether the filter is a simple independent numeric, that is, an expression
 that satisfies the following conditions: (a) its value is numeric;
 (b) the value does not depend on the context item or position;
 (c) the cardinality is zero or one.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#isPositional(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">isPositional</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 if the filter is positional</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#isSimpleBooleanFilter()">isSimpleBooleanFilter</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Test if the filter always returns a singleton boolean</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">iterate</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A>&nbsp;context)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Iterate over the results, returning them in the correct order</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#iterateSameFocusSubExpressions()">iterateSameFocusSubExpressions</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression that are evaluated with the
 same focus (context item, position, and size) as the parent expression.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.html#iterateSubExpressions()">iterateSubExpressions</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the immediate subexpressions of this expression</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.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>&nbsp;visitor,
         <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A>&nbsp;contextItemType)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.html#promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">promote</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PromotionOffer.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PromotionOffer</A>&nbsp;offer,
        <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;parent)</CODE>

<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Promote this expression if possible</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FilterExpression.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>&nbsp;original,
                     <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;replacement)</CODE>

<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.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>&nbsp;visitor)</CODE>

<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Simplify an expression</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.html#toString()">toString</A></B>()</CODE>

<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression
 in an XPath-like form, but there is no guarantee that the syntax will actually be true XPath.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE>&nbsp;<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/FilterExpression.html#typeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">typeCheck</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A>&nbsp;visitor,
          <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A>&nbsp;contextItemType)</CODE>

<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Type-check the expression</TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#adoptChildExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">adoptChildExpression</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#checkForUpdatingSubexpressions()">checkForUpdatingSubexpressions</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#checkPermittedContents(net.sf.saxon.type.SchemaType, net.sf.saxon.expr.StaticContext, boolean)">checkPermittedContents</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeStaticProperties()">computeStaticProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#doPromotion(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer)">doPromotion</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#dynamicError(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">dynamicError</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">effectiveBooleanValue</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#evaluateAsString(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateAsString</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateItem</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#evaluatePendingUpdates(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext, net.sf.saxon.expr.PendingUpdateList)">evaluatePendingUpdates</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#explain(java.io.OutputStream)">explain</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getCardinality()">getCardinality</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getColumnNumber()">getColumnNumber</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getColumnNumber(long)">getColumnNumber</A>, <A 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HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getLocationId()">getLocationId</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getLocationProvider()">getLocationProvider</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getObjectName()">getObjectName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getProperties()">getProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getProperty(java.lang.String)">getProperty</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getPublicId()">getPublicId</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getSlotsUsed()">getSlotsUsed</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getSpecialProperties()">getSpecialProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getSystemId()">getSystemId</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getSystemId(long)">getSystemId</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#hasVariableBinding(net.sf.saxon.expr.Binding)">hasVariableBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#implementsStaticTypeCheck()">implementsStaticTypeCheck</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#isSubtreeExpression()">isSubtreeExpression</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#isUpdatingExpression()">isUpdatingExpression</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#isVacuousExpression()">isVacuousExpression</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterateEvents(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">iterateEvents</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#markTailFunctionCalls(net.sf.saxon.om.StructuredQName, int)">markTailFunctionCalls</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#process(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">process</A>, <A 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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="FILTERED"><!-- --></A><H3>
FILTERED</H3>
<PRE>
public static final int <B>FILTERED</B></PRE>
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<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../constant-values.html#net.sf.saxon.expr.FilterExpression.FILTERED">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
</DL>

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<A NAME="FilterExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
FilterExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>FilterExpression</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;start,
                        <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;filter)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Constructor
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>start</CODE> - A node-set expression denoting the absolute or relative set of nodes from which the
               navigation path should start.<DD><CODE>filter</CODE> - An expression defining the filter predicate</DL>
</DL>

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<A NAME="getExpressionName()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getExpressionName</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>getExpressionName</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getExpressionName()">getExpressionName</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 name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.
         The name will always be in the form of a lexical XML QName, and should match the name used
         in explain() output displaying the expression.</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>&nbsp;th)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the data type of the items returned
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">getItemType</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>th</CODE> - the type hierarchy cache
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an integer representing the data type</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getControllingExpression()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getControllingExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>getControllingExpression</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the underlying expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/ContextSwitchingExpression.html#getControllingExpression()">getControllingExpression</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/ContextSwitchingExpression.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">ContextSwitchingExpression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the expression being filtered</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isFilterIsPositional()"><!-- --></A><H3>
isFilterIsPositional</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isFilterIsPositional</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the boolean of filter is positional<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../com/saxonica/bytecode/FilterExpressionCompiler.html" title="class in com.saxonica.bytecode"><CODE>FilterExpressionCompiler</CODE></A></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getControlledExpression()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getControlledExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>getControlledExpression</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the subexpression that is evaluated in the new context
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/ContextSwitchingExpression.html#getControlledExpression()">getControlledExpression</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/ContextSwitchingExpression.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">ContextSwitchingExpression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the subexpression evaluated in the context set by the controlling expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getFilter()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFilter</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>getFilter</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the filter expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the expression acting as the filter predicate</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isPositional(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)"><!-- --></A><H3>
isPositional</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isPositional</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/TypeHierarchy.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">TypeHierarchy</A>&nbsp;th)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Determine if the filter is positional
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>th</CODE> - the Type Hierarchy (for cached access to type information)
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the value of the filter depends on the position of the item against
         which it is evaluated</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isSimpleBooleanFilter()"><!-- --></A><H3>
isSimpleBooleanFilter</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isSimpleBooleanFilter</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Test if the filter always returns a singleton boolean
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the filter is a simple boolean expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isIndependentNumericFilter()"><!-- --></A><H3>
isIndependentNumericFilter</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isIndependentNumericFilter</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Determine whether the filter is a simple independent numeric, that is, an expression
 that satisfies the following conditions: (a) its value is numeric;
 (b) the value does not depend on the context item or position;
 (c) the cardinality is zero or one.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the filter is a numeric value that does not depend on the context item or position</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>&nbsp;visitor)
                    throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Simplify an expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">simplify</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>visitor</CODE> - the 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 any failure occurs</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<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>&nbsp;visitor,
                            <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A>&nbsp;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/Expression.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/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - the expression visitor<DD><CODE>contextItemType</CODE> - the type of the context item for this expression
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the expression after type-checking (potentially modified to add run-time
         checks and/or conversions)
<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>&nbsp;visitor,
                           <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A>&nbsp;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/expr/Expression.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/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</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="getIntegerBounds()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getIntegerBounds</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/IntegerValue.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">IntegerValue</A>[] <B>getIntegerBounds</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>For an expression that returns an integer or a sequence of integers, get
 a lower and upper bound on the values of the integers that may be returned, from
 static analysis. The default implementation returns null, meaning "unknown" or
 "not applicable". Other implementations return an array of two IntegerValue objects,
 representing the lower and upper bounds respectively. The values
 UNBOUNDED_LOWER and UNBOUNDED_UPPER are used by convention to indicate that
 the value may be arbitrarily large. The values MAX_STRING_LENGTH and MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH
 are used to indicate values limited by the size of a string or the size of a sequence.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getIntegerBounds()">getIntegerBounds</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 lower and upper bounds of integer values in the result, or null to indicate
         unknown or not applicable.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="addToPathMap(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap.PathMapNodeSet)"><!-- --></A><H3>
addToPathMap</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.PathMapNodeSet.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap.PathMapNodeSet</A> <B>addToPathMap</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap</A>&nbsp;pathMap,
                                           <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.PathMapNodeSet.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap.PathMapNodeSet</A>&nbsp;pathMapNodeSet)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Add a representation of this expression to a PathMap. The PathMap captures a map of the nodes visited
 by an expression in a source tree.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#addToPathMap(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap.PathMapNodeSet)">addToPathMap</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>pathMap</CODE> - the PathMap to which the expression should be added<DD><CODE>pathMapNodeSet</CODE> - the PathMapNodeSet to which the paths embodied in this expression should be added
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the pathMapNode representing the focus established by this expression, in the case where this
         expression is the first operand of a path expression or filter expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
promote</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>promote</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PromotionOffer.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PromotionOffer</A>&nbsp;offer,
                          <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;parent)
                   throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Promote this expression if possible
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">promote</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>offer</CODE> - details of the promotion that is possible<DD><CODE>parent</CODE> - 
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the promoted expression (or the original expression, unchanged)
<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>
<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>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&gt; <B>iterateSubExpressions</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the immediate subexpressions of this expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterateSubExpressions()">iterateSubExpressions</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 subexpressions, as an array</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="iterateSameFocusSubExpressions()"><!-- --></A><H3>
iterateSameFocusSubExpressions</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>&lt;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&gt; <B>iterateSameFocusSubExpressions</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression that are evaluated with the
 same focus (context item, position, and size) as the parent expression.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterateSameFocusSubExpressions()">iterateSameFocusSubExpressions</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>an iterator containing those sub-expressions of this expression that are
         evaluated with the same focus as the parent expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="hasLoopingSubexpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
hasLoopingSubexpression</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>hasLoopingSubexpression</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;child)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Given an expression that is an immediate child of this expression, test whether
 the evaluation of the parent expression causes the child expression to be
 evaluated repeatedly
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#hasLoopingSubexpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">hasLoopingSubexpression</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>child</CODE> - the immediate subexpression
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the child expression is evaluated repeatedly</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>&nbsp;original,
                                    <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;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/Expression.html#replaceSubExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">replaceSubExpression</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>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="computeCardinality()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeCardinality</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>computeCardinality</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the static cardinality of this expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</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 cardinality. The method attempts to determine the case where the
         filter predicate is guaranteed to select at most one item from the sequence being filtered</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="computeSpecialProperties()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeSpecialProperties</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>computeSpecialProperties</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the static properties of this expression (other than its type). The result is
 bit-significant. These properties are used for optimizations. In general, if
 property bit is set, it is true, but if it is unset, the value is unknown.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeSpecialProperties()">computeSpecialProperties</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 static properties of the expression, as a bit-significant value</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>&nbsp;other)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Is this expression the same as another expression?
<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#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</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>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>other</CODE> - the expression to be compared with this one
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the two expressions are statically equivalent</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="hashCode()"><!-- --></A><H3>
hashCode</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>hashCode</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>get HashCode for comparing two expressions
<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#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</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>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the hash code</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
iterate</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A> <B>iterate</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A>&nbsp;context)
                         throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Iterate over the results, returning them in the correct order
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">iterate</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 dynamic context for the evaluation
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an iterator over the expression results
<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</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="computeDependencies()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeDependencies</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>computeDependencies</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<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
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeDependencies()">computeDependencies</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 dependencies</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="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>The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression
 in an XPath-like form, but there is no guarantee that the syntax will actually be true XPath.
 In the case of XSLT instructions, the toString() method gives an abstracted view of the syntax
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#toString()">toString</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 representation of the expression as a string</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>&nbsp;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 ExpressionPresenter to be used</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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