VirtualNode

All Superinterfaces:

ActiveSource, GroundedValue, Item, Location, org.xml.sax.Locator, NodeInfo, Sequence, javax.xml.transform.Source, javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNodeWrapper, AbstractVirtualNode, AxiomAttributeWrapper, AxiomDocumentNodeWrapper, AxiomElementNodeWrapper, AxiomLeafNodeWrapper, AxiomParentNodeWrapper, DOM4JNodeWrapper, DominoNode, DOMNodeWrapper, JDOM2NodeWrapper, RebasedNode, SpaceStrippedNode, TypeStrippedNode, XOMDocumentWrapper, XOMNodeWrapper
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public interface VirtualNode
extends NodeInfo
```
This interface is implemented by NodeInfo implementations that act as wrappers on some underlying tree. It provides a method to access the real node underlying the virtual node, for use by applications that need to drill down to the underlying data.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`getRealNode()`	Get the node underlying this virtual node.
`java.lang.Object`	`getUnderlyingNode()`	Get the node underlying this virtual node.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.GroundedValue
asIterable, concatenate, containsNode, effectiveBooleanValue, materialize

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Item
getLength, getStringValue, getUnicodeStringValue, head, itemAt, iterate, reduce, subsequence

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.s9api.Location
saveLocation

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.NodeInfo
asActiveSource, atomize, attributes, children, children, compareOrder, copy, deliver, equals, generateId, getAllNamespaces, getAttributeValue, getBaseURI, getColumnNumber, getConfiguration, getDeclaredNamespaces, getDisplayName, getFingerprint, getGenre, getLineNumber, getLocalPart, getNodeKind, getParent, getPrefix, getPublicId, getRoot, getSchemaType, getSystemId, getTreeInfo, getURI, hasChildNodes, hasFingerprint, hashCode, isId, isIdref, isNilled, isSameNodeInfo, isStreamed, iterateAxis, iterateAxis, setSystemId, toShortString

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Sequence
makeRepeatable

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.Source
isEmpty

- Method Detail
  - getUnderlyingNode
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java.lang.Object getUnderlyingNode()
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    Get the node underlying this virtual node. Note that this may itself be a VirtualNode; you may have to drill down through several layers of wrapping.
    In some cases a single VirtualNode may represent an XPath text node that maps to a sequence of adjacent nodes (for example text nodes and CDATA nodes) in the underlying tree. In this case the first node in this sequence is returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    The underlying node.
  - getRealNode
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java.lang.Object getRealNode()
```
    Get the node underlying this virtual node. If this is a VirtualNode the method will automatically drill down through several layers of wrapping.
    In some cases a single VirtualNode may represent an XPath text node that maps to a sequence of adjacent nodes (for example text nodes and CDATA nodes) in the underlying tree. In this case the first node in this sequence is returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    The underlying node.