## org.apache.xpath.axes
Class MatchPatternIterator

    java.lang.Object
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      +--org.apache.xpath.Expression
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            +--org.apache.xpath.patterns.NodeTest
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                  +--org.apache.xpath.axes.PredicatedNodeTest
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                        +--org.apache.xpath.axes.LocPathIterator
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                              +--org.apache.xpath.axes.MatchPatternIterator

public class MatchPatternIterator
extends LocPathIterator

This class treats a LocationPath as a filtered iteration over the tree, evaluating each node in a super axis traversal against the LocationPath interpreted as a match pattern. This class is useful to find nodes in document order that are complex paths whose steps probably criss-cross each other.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class org.apache.xpath.axes.LocPathIterator
`m_lastFetched`

Fields inherited from class org.apache.xpath.patterns.NodeTest
`SCORE_NODETEST, SCORE_NONE, SCORE_NSWILD, SCORE_OTHER, SCORE_QNAME, SHOW_BYFUNCTION, SUPPORTS_PRE_STRIPPING, WILD`

Method Summary
`short` `acceptNode(int n, XPathContext xctxt)` Test whether a specified node is visible in the logical view of a TreeWalker or NodeIterator.
`void` `detach()` Detaches the iterator from the set which it iterated over, releasing any computational resources and placing the iterator in the INVALID state.
`int` `nextNode()` Returns the next node in the set and advances the position of the iterator in the set.
`void` `setRoot(int context, java.lang.Object environment)` Initialize the context values for this expression after it is cloned.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xpath.axes.LocPathIterator

`allowDetachToRelease, asIterator, asNode, bool, callVisitors, cloneWithReset, execute, executeCharsToContentHandler, getAnalysisBits, getAxis, getContext, getCurrentContextNode, getCurrentNode, getCurrentPos, getDTM, getDTMManager, getExpandEntityReferences, getFilter, getFoundLast, getIsTopLevel, getLastPos, getLength, getPrefixResolver, getRoot, getWhatToShow, getXPathContext, incrementCurrentPos, isDocOrdered, isFresh, isMutable, isNodesetExpr, item, previousNode, reset, runTo, setCurrentContextNode, setCurrentPos, setEnvironment, setIsTopLevel, setItem, setShouldCacheNodes, size`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xpath.axes.PredicatedNodeTest
`acceptNode, callPredicateVisitors, canTraverseOutsideSubtree, clone, deepEquals, fixupVariables, getLocPathIterator, getPredicate, getPredicateCount, getPredicateIndex, getProximityPosition, getProximityPosition, initProximityPosition, isReverseAxes, resetProximityPositions, setLocPathIterator, setPredicateCount`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xpath.patterns.NodeTest
`debugWhatToShow, execute, execute, getDefaultScore, getLocalName, getNamespace, getNodeTypeTest, getStaticScore, initNodeTest, initNodeTest, setLocalName, setNamespace, setStaticScore, setWhatToShow`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xpath.Expression
`asIteratorRaw, assertion, error, execute, exprAddChild, exprGetChild, exprGetNumChildren, exprGetParent, exprSetParent, getColumnNumber, getExpressionOwner, getLineNumber, getPublicId, getSystemId, isStableNumber, num, warn, xstr`

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

Method Detail

### setRoot

    public void setRoot(int context,
                        java.lang.Object environment)

  Initialize the context values for this expression after it is cloned.
  Parameters:
    `context` - The XPath runtime context for this transformation.
  Overrides:
    setRoot in class LocPathIterator

### detach

    public void detach()

  Detaches the iterator from the set which it iterated over, releasing any computational resources and placing the iterator in the INVALID state. After`detach` has been invoked, calls to `nextNode` or`previousNode` will raise the exception INVALID_STATE_ERR.
  Overrides:
    detach in class LocPathIterator

### nextNode

    public int nextNode()

  Returns the next node in the set and advances the position of the iterator in the set. After a NodeIterator is created, the first call to nextNode() returns the first node in the set.
  Returns:
    The next `Node` in the set being iterated over, or `null` if there are no more members in that set.
  Overrides:
    nextNode in class LocPathIterator

### acceptNode

    public short acceptNode(int n,
                            XPathContext xctxt)

  Test whether a specified node is visible in the logical view of a TreeWalker or NodeIterator. This function will be called by the implementation of TreeWalker and NodeIterator; it is not intended to be called directly from user code.
  Parameters:
    `n` - The node to check to see if it passes the filter or not.
  Returns:
    a constant to determine whether the node is accepted, rejected, or skipped, as defined above .

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