ContextItemCompiler

java.lang.Object
- com.saxonica.ee.bytecode.ExpressionCompiler
- - com.saxonica.ee.bytecode.ToItemCompiler
  - - com.saxonica.ee.bytecode.ContextItemCompiler

```
public class ContextItemCompiler
extends ToItemCompiler
```
Generate code for a context item expression (that is, "."), and also for an XSLT CurrentItemExpression (current()), which differs only in the error code it returns

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ContextItemCompiler()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`compileToItem(CompilerService compiler, Expression expression)`	Generate bytecode to evaluate the expression as an Item Precondition: none.

Methods inherited from class com.saxonica.ee.bytecode.ToItemCompiler
compileToBoolean, compileToIterator, compileToPush, returnZeroLengthStringIfNull

Methods inherited from class com.saxonica.ee.bytecode.ExpressionCompiler
allocateStatic, compileItemFromInt, compileToPrimitive, generateMethod, handleEmptyStringResult, printStackTop, verify, visitAnnotation, visitLineNumber

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ContextItemCompiler
```
public ContextItemCompiler()
```
- Method Detail
  - compileToItem
```
public void compileToItem(CompilerService compiler,
                          Expression expression)
```
    Description copied from class: ExpressionCompiler
    
    Generate bytecode to evaluate the expression as an Item Precondition: none. Postcondition: at execution time, the stack contains either an item (the result of the expression), or null (representing an empty sequence).
    
    Specified by:
    
    compileToItem in class ExpressionCompiler
    
    Parameters:
    
    compiler - the compiler service
    
    expression - the expression to be compiled