net.sf.saxon.style
Class AttributeValueTemplate

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.style.AttributeValueTemplate

public abstract class AttributeValueTemplate
extends Object

This class represents an attribute value template. The class allows an AVT to be parsed, and can construct an Expression that returns the effective value of the AVT. This is an abstract class that is never instantiated, it contains static methods only.

Method Summary

static Expression	make(String avt, int lineNumber, StaticContext env) Static factory method to create an AVT from an XSLT string representation.
static Expression	makeFirstItem(Expression exp, StaticContext env) Make an expression that extracts the first item of a sequence, after atomization

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

make

public static Expression make(String avt,
                              int lineNumber,
                              StaticContext env)
                       throws XPathException

Static factory method to create an AVT from an XSLT string representation.

Throws:

XPathException

makeFirstItem

public static Expression makeFirstItem(Expression exp,
                                       StaticContext env)

Make an expression that extracts the first item of a sequence, after atomization