org.apache.xalan.extensions
Interface ExpressionContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

XPathContext.XPathExpressionContext

public interface ExpressionContext

An object that implements this interface can supply information about the current XPath expression context.

Method Summary

Node	getContextNode() Get the current context node.
NodeIterator	getContextNodes() Get the current context node list.
XObject	getVariableOrParam(QName qname) Get a variable based on it's qualified name.
double	toNumber(Node n) Get the value of a node as a number.
java.lang.String	toString(Node n) Get the value of a node as a string.

Method Detail

getContextNode

public Node getContextNode()

Get the current context node.

Returns:

The current context node.

getContextNodes

public NodeIterator getContextNodes()

Get the current context node list.

Returns:

An iterator for the current context list, as defined in XSLT.

toNumber

public double toNumber(Node n)

Get the value of a node as a number.

Parameters:

n - Node to be converted to a number. May be null.

Returns:

value of n as a number.

toString

public java.lang.String toString(Node n)

Get the value of a node as a string.

Parameters:

n - Node to be converted to a string. May be null.

Returns:

value of n as a string, or an empty string if n is null.

getVariableOrParam

public XObject getVariableOrParam(QName qname)
                           throws TransformerException

Get a variable based on it's qualified name.

Parameters:

qname - The qualified name of the variable.

Returns:

The evaluated value of the variable.

Throws:

TransformerException -