copy-of

Makes a deep copy of a node (typically a streamed node, to allow navigation within the subtree rooted at the node). The zero-argument form applies the function to the context item (which must be a node).

copy-of() ➔ node()

There are no arguments
Result		node()

copy-of($source as node()?) ➔ node()?

Arguments
	$source	node()?	The node to be copied
Result		node()?

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to:

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Implemented since Saxon 9.5; available only in XSLT, and only when XSLT 3.0 is enabled.