com.icl.saxon.pattern

Class NodeTest

public abstract class NodeTest extends Pattern

A NodeTest is a simple kind of pattern that enables a context-free test of whether a node has a particular name. There are five kinds of name test: a full name test, a prefix test, and an "any node of a given type" test, an "any node of any type" test, and a "no nodes" test (used, e.g. for "@comment()")

Author: Michael H. Kay

Method Summary
abstract booleanmatches(NodeInfo node)
Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node
abstract booleanmatches(short nodeType, int fingerprint)
Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node
booleanmatches(NodeInfo node, Context c)
Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node, in a given Context

Method Detail

matches

public abstract boolean matches(NodeInfo node)
Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node

matches

public abstract boolean matches(short nodeType, int fingerprint)
Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node

Parameters: nodeType The type of node to be matched fingerprint identifies the expanded name of the node to be matched. The value should be -1 for a node with no name.

matches

public final boolean matches(NodeInfo node, Context c)
Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node, in a given Context