## com.icl.saxon.pattern
Class IDPattern

    java.lang.Object
      com.icl.saxon.pattern.Pattern
          com.icl.saxon.pattern.IDPattern

public final class IDPattern
extends Pattern

An IDPattern is a pattern of the form id(literal)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.icl.saxon.pattern.Pattern
`originalText, staticContext`

Constructor Summary
`IDPattern(java.lang.String idvalue)`

Method Summary
`short` `getNodeType()` Determine the type of nodes to which this pattern applies.
`boolean` `matches(NodeInfo e, Context c)` Determine whether this Pattern matches the given Node

Methods inherited from class com.icl.saxon.pattern.Pattern
`getDefaultPriority, getFingerprint, getLineNumber, getStaticContext, getSystemId, make, setOriginalText, setStaticContext, simplify, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### IDPattern

    public IDPattern(java.lang.String idvalue)

Method Detail

### matches

    public boolean matches(NodeInfo e,
                           Context c)
                    throws XPathException

  Determine whether this Pattern matches the given Node

  Specified by:
    `matches` in class `Pattern`
  Parameters:
    `e` - The NodeInfo representing the Element or other node to be tested against the Pattern
    `c` - The context in which the match is to take place. Only relevant if the pattern uses variables.
  Returns:
    true if the node matches the Pattern, false otherwise
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### getNodeType

    public short getNodeType()

  Determine the type of nodes to which this pattern applies.

  Overrides:
    `getNodeType` in class `Pattern`
  Returns:
    NodeInfo.ELEMENT