## com.icl.saxon.expr
Class ContextNodeExpression

    java.lang.Object
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      +--com.icl.saxon.expr.Expression
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            +--com.icl.saxon.expr.NodeSetExpression
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                  +--com.icl.saxon.expr.SingletonExpression
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                        +--com.icl.saxon.expr.ContextNodeExpression

public final class ContextNodeExpression
extends SingletonExpression

This class represents the expression ".", which always returns the context node.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.icl.saxon.expr.Expression
`staticContext`

Constructor Summary
`ContextNodeExpression()`

Method Summary
`void` `display(int level)` Diagnostic print of expression structure
`int` `getDependencies()` Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on.
`NodeInfo` `getNode(Context context)` Return the node selected by this expression.
`Expression` `reduce(int dependencies, Context context)` Perform a partial evaluation of the expression, by eliminating specified dependencies on the context.

Methods inherited from class com.icl.saxon.expr.SingletonExpression
`enumerate, evaluateAsBoolean, evaluateAsNodeSet, evaluateAsString, isContextDocumentNodeSet, selectFirst`

Methods inherited from class com.icl.saxon.expr.NodeSetExpression
`evaluate, getDataType, outputStringValue`

Methods inherited from class com.icl.saxon.expr.Expression
`containsReferences, evaluateAsNumber, getStaticContext, indent, make, setStaticContext, simplify, usesCurrent`

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

Constructor Detail

### ContextNodeExpression

    public ContextNodeExpression()

Method Detail

### getNode

    public NodeInfo getNode(Context context)
                     throws XPathException

  Return the node selected by this expression.

  Specified by:
    `getNode` in class `SingletonExpression`
  Parameters:
    `context` - The context for the evaluation
  Returns:
    one NodeInfo only, namely the current node defined by the context
    `XPathException`

### getDependencies

    public int getDependencies()

  Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on. The result is a bitwise-or'ed value composed from constants such as Context.VARIABLES and Context.CURRENT_NODE

  Specified by:
    `getDependencies` in class `Expression`

### reduce

    public Expression reduce(int dependencies,
                             Context context)
                      throws XPathException

  Perform a partial evaluation of the expression, by eliminating specified dependencies on the context.

  Specified by:
    `reduce` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `dependencies` - The dependencies to be removed
    `context` - The context to be used for the partial evaluation
  Returns:
    a new expression that does not have any of the specified dependencies
    `XPathException`

### display

    public void display(int level)

  Diagnostic print of expression structure

  Specified by:
    `display` in class `Expression`