com.icl.saxon.om

Class Axis

public final class Axis extends Object

An axis, that is a direction of navigation in the document structure.

Field Summary
static byte	ANCESTOR Constants representing the axes
static byte	ANCESTOR_OR_SELF
static byte	ATTRIBUTE
static String[]	axisName Table giving the name each axis
static byte	CHILD
static byte	DESCENDANT
static byte	DESCENDANT_OR_SELF
static byte	FOLLOWING
static byte	FOLLOWING_SIBLING
static boolean[]	isForwards Table indicating for each axis whether it is in forwards document order
static boolean[]	isPeerAxis Table indicating for each axis whether it is a peer axis.
static boolean[]	isReverse Table indicating for each axis whether it is in reverse document order
static boolean[]	isSubtreeAxis Table indicating for each axis whether it is contained within the subtree rooted at the origin node.
static byte	NAMESPACE
static short[]	principalNodeType Table indicating the principal node type of each axis
static byte	PARENT
static byte	PRECEDING
static byte	PRECEDING_OR_ANCESTOR
static byte	PRECEDING_SIBLING
static byte	SELF

Method Summary
static byte	getAxisNumber(String name) Resolve an axis name into a symbolic constant representing the axis

Field Detail

ANCESTOR

public static final byte ANCESTOR

Constants representing the axes

ANCESTOR_OR_SELF

public static final byte ANCESTOR_OR_SELF

ATTRIBUTE

public static final byte ATTRIBUTE

axisName

public static final String[] axisName

Table giving the name each axis

CHILD

public static final byte CHILD

DESCENDANT

public static final byte DESCENDANT

DESCENDANT_OR_SELF

public static final byte DESCENDANT_OR_SELF

FOLLOWING

public static final byte FOLLOWING

FOLLOWING_SIBLING

public static final byte FOLLOWING_SIBLING

isForwards

public static final boolean[] isForwards

Table indicating for each axis whether it is in forwards document order

isPeerAxis

public static final boolean[] isPeerAxis

Table indicating for each axis whether it is a peer axis. An axis is a peer axis if no node on the axis is an ancestor of another node on the axis.

isReverse

public static final boolean[] isReverse

Table indicating for each axis whether it is in reverse document order

isSubtreeAxis

public static final boolean[] isSubtreeAxis

Table indicating for each axis whether it is contained within the subtree rooted at the origin node.

NAMESPACE

public static final byte NAMESPACE

principalNodeType

public static final short[] principalNodeType

Table indicating the principal node type of each axis

PARENT

public static final byte PARENT

PRECEDING

public static final byte PRECEDING

PRECEDING_OR_ANCESTOR

public static final byte PRECEDING_OR_ANCESTOR

PRECEDING_SIBLING

public static final byte PRECEDING_SIBLING

SELF

public static final byte SELF

Method Detail

getAxisNumber

public static byte getAxisNumber(String name)

Resolve an axis name into a symbolic constant representing the axis