saxon:type
Returns information about the type annotation of a node or atomic value.
type($item as item()) ➔ function(*)
Arguments | |||
| $item | item() | The item whose type information is required |
Result | function(*) | ||
Details
Namespace: http://saxon.sf.net/
The information is returned in the same form as information from the saxon:schema()
function. That is, it returns a function item representing the simple or complex type component, whose properties
can be obtained by calling the function. For example, saxon:type($node)('name') returns the local
name of the type, and saxon:type($node)('namespace') returns the corresponding namespace URI. If it is a simple type, then
saxon:type($node)('variety') might return "list", in which case saxon:type($node)('itemType')
would return the item type of the list, again as a function item.
Notes on the Saxon implementation
Available since Saxon 9.5