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Class BooleanFn</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>BooleanFn</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Negatable.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">Negatable</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/CallableExpression.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">CallableExpression</A></DL>
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This class supports the XPath functions boolean(), not(), true(), and false()
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<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../serialized-form.html#net.sf.saxon.functions.BooleanFn">Serialized Form</A></DL>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#EFFECTIVE_BOOLEAN_VALUE">EFFECTIVE_BOOLEAN_VALUE</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#EVALUATE_METHOD">EVALUATE_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#EVENT_FEED_METHOD">EVENT_FEED_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#ITEM_FEED_METHOD">ITEM_FEED_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#ITERATE_METHOD">ITERATE_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#locationId">locationId</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH">MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#MAX_STRING_LENGTH">MAX_STRING_LENGTH</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#PROCESS_METHOD">PROCESS_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#PUSH_SELECTION">PUSH_SELECTION</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#staticProperties">staticProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#UNBOUNDED_LOWER">UNBOUNDED_LOWER</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#UNBOUNDED_UPPER">UNBOUNDED_UPPER</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#WATCH_METHOD">WATCH_METHOD</A></CODE></TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#BooleanFn()">BooleanFn</A></B>()</CODE>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A><<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/BooleanValue.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">BooleanValue</A>></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#call(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator[], net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">call</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>[] arguments,
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Evaluate the expression</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">checkArguments</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor)</CODE>
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Static analysis: prevent sorting of the argument</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">effectiveBooleanValue</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> c)</CODE>
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Evaluate the effective boolean value</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateItem</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)</CODE>
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Evaluate the function</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#isNegatable(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">isNegatable</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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Check whether this specific instance of the expression is negatable</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#negate()">negate</A></B>()</CODE>
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Create an expression that returns the negation of this expression</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)</CODE>
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Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/BooleanFn.html#rewriteEffectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">rewriteEffectiveBooleanValue</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> exp,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)</CODE>
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Optimize an expression whose effective boolean value is required.</TD>
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<A NAME="BooleanFn()"><!-- --></A><H3>
BooleanFn</H3>
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public <B>BooleanFn</B>()</PRE>
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<A NAME="checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)"><!-- --></A><H3>
checkArguments</H3>
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public void <B>checkArguments</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Static analysis: prevent sorting of the argument
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html#checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">checkArguments</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></CODE></DL>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - the expression visitor
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if the arguments are incorrect</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)"><!-- --></A><H3>
optimize</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>optimize</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
<p/>
<p>This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved
to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor<DD><CODE>contextItemType</CODE> - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked.
The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined.
If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/Type.html#ITEM_TYPE"><CODE>Type.ITEM_TYPE</CODE></A>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error is discovered during this phase
(typically a type error)</DL>
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<A NAME="isNegatable(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)"><!-- --></A><H3>
isNegatable</H3>
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public boolean <B>isNegatable</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor)</PRE>
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<DD>Check whether this specific instance of the expression is negatable
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Negatable.html#isNegatable(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">isNegatable</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Negatable.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">Negatable</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if it is</DL>
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<A NAME="negate()"><!-- --></A><H3>
negate</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>negate</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Create an expression that returns the negation of this expression
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Negatable.html#negate()">negate</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Negatable.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">Negatable</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the negated expression</DL>
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<A NAME="rewriteEffectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)"><!-- --></A><H3>
rewriteEffectiveBooleanValue</H3>
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public static <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>rewriteEffectiveBooleanValue</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> exp,
<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>
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<DD>Optimize an expression whose effective boolean value is required. It is appropriate
to apply this rewrite to any expression whose value will be obtained by calling
the Expression.effectiveBooleanValue() method (and not otherwise)
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</DL>
</DD>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>exp</CODE> - the expression whose EBV is to be evaluated<DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor<DD><CODE>contextItemType</CODE> - the type of the context item for this expression
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an expression that returns the EBV of exp, or null if no optimization was possible
<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 static errors are found</DL>
</DD>
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evaluateItem</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A> <B>evaluateItem</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Evaluate the function
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateItem</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>context</CODE> - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the
expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty
sequence
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the
expression</DL>
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<A NAME="effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
effectiveBooleanValue</H3>
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public boolean <B>effectiveBooleanValue</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> c)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Evaluate the effective boolean value
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">effectiveBooleanValue</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>c</CODE> - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the effective boolean value
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the
expression</DL>
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<A NAME="call(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator[], net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
call</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A><<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/BooleanValue.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">BooleanValue</A>> <B>call</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>[] arguments,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> c)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/CallableExpression.html#call(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator[], net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">CallableExpression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Evaluate the expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/CallableExpression.html#call(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator[], net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">call</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/CallableExpression.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">CallableExpression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>arguments</CODE> - the values of the arguments, supplied as SequenceIterators<DD><CODE>c</CODE> - the dynamic evaluation context
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the result of the evaluation, in the form of a SequenceIterator
<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 dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression</DL>
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