## net.sf.saxon.pattern
Class AnyChildNodePattern

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.pattern.NodeTest
          net.sf.saxon.pattern.AnyChildNodePattern

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, ItemType

    public final class AnyChildNodePattern

extends NodeTest

An AnyChildNodePattern is the pattern node(), which matches any node except a root node, an attribute node, or a namespace node: in other words, any node that is the child of another node.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Method Summary
`double` `getDefaultPriority()` Determine the default priority to use if this pattern appears as a match pattern for a template with no explicit priority attribute.
`static AnyChildNodePattern` `getInstance()`
`int` `getNodeKindMask()` Get a mask indicating which kinds of nodes this NodeTest can match.
`int` `hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`boolean` `matches(int nodeKind, int fingerprint, int annotation)` Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node
`boolean` `matches(NodeInfo node)` Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node.
`boolean` `matches(TinyTree tree, int nodeNr)` Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node on a TinyTree.
`String` `toString()`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.pattern.NodeTest
`getAtomizedItemType, getContentType, getFingerprint, getPrimitiveItemType, getPrimitiveType, getRequiredNodeNames, getSuperType, isAtomicType, isNillable, matchesItem, toString`

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

Method Detail

### getInstance

    public static AnyChildNodePattern getInstance()

### matches

    public boolean matches(int nodeKind,
                           int fingerprint,
                           int annotation)

  Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node

  Specified by:
    `matches` in class `NodeTest`
  Parameters:
    `nodeKind` - The type of node to be matched
    `fingerprint` - identifies the expanded name of the node to be matched
    `annotation` - The actual content type of the node

### matches

    public boolean matches(TinyTree tree,
                           int nodeNr)

  Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node on a TinyTree. The node must be a document, element, text, comment, or processing instruction node. This method is provided so that when navigating a TinyTree a node can be rejected without actually instantiating a NodeInfo object.

  Specified by:
    `matches` in class `NodeTest`
  Parameters:
    `tree` - the TinyTree containing the node
    `nodeNr` - the number of the node within the TinyTree
  Returns:
    true if the node matches the NodeTest, otherwise false

### matches

    public boolean matches(NodeInfo node)

  Test whether this node test is satisfied by a given node. This alternative method is used in the case of nodes where calculating the fingerprint is expensive, for example DOM or JDOM nodes.

  Specified by:
    `matches` in class `NodeTest`
  Parameters:
    `node` - the node to be matched

### getDefaultPriority

    public double getDefaultPriority()

  Determine the default priority to use if this pattern appears as a match pattern for a template with no explicit priority attribute.

  Specified by:
    `getDefaultPriority` in class `NodeTest`

### getNodeKindMask

    public int getNodeKindMask()

  Get a mask indicating which kinds of nodes this NodeTest can match. This is a combination of bits: 1<<Type.ELEMENT for element nodes, 1<<Type.TEXT for text nodes, and so on.

  Specified by:
    `getNodeKindMask` in class `NodeTest`

### toString

    public String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`

### hashCode

    public int hashCode()

  Returns a hash code value for the object.

  Overrides:
    `hashCode` in class `Object`

Copyright (C) Michael H. Kay. All rights reserved.