## net.sf.saxon.instruct
Class Comment

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
          net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction
              net.sf.saxon.instruct.SimpleNodeConstructor
                  net.sf.saxon.instruct.Comment

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, SourceLocator, Container, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, TailCallReturner, InstructionInfoProvider

    public final class Comment

extends SimpleNodeConstructor

An instruction representing an xsl:comment element in the stylesheet.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
`EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD`

Constructor Summary
`Comment()` Construct the instruction

Method Summary
`void` `display(int level, PrintStream out, Configuration config)` Display this instruction as an expression, for diagnostics
`int` `getCardinality()` Determine the static cardinality of the expression.
`int` `getInstructionNameCode()` Get the instruction name, for diagnostics and tracing return the string "xsl:comment"
`ItemType` `getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)` Get the item type of the items returned by evaluating this instruction
`void` `localTypeCheck(StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType)` Method to perform type-checking specific to the kind of instruction
`TailCall` `processLeavingTail(XPathContext context)` Process this instruction, to output a Comment Node

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.instruct.SimpleNodeConstructor
`computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, createsNewNodes, evaluateItem, evaluateNameCode, expandChildren, getSelect, iterate, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, replaceSubExpression, setSelect, simplify, typeCheck`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction
`appendItem, evaluateAsString, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getSourceLocator, isXSLT, process, promote`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

`adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, getColumnNumber, getContainingProcedure, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getParentExpression, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasBadParentPointer, markTailFunctionCalls, resetStaticProperties, setLocationId, setParentExpression, setParentExpression, suppressValidation`

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

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator
`getColumnNumber, getLineNumber, getPublicId, getSystemId`

Constructor Detail

### Comment

    public Comment()

  Construct the instruction

Method Detail

### getInstructionNameCode

    public int getInstructionNameCode()

  Get the instruction name, for diagnostics and tracing return the string "xsl:comment"

  Overrides:
    `getInstructionNameCode` in class `Instruction`

### getItemType

    public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

  Description copied from class: `Instruction`
  Get the item type of the items returned by evaluating this instruction

  Overrides:
    `getItemType` in class `Instruction`
  Returns:
    the static item type of the instruction

### getCardinality

    public int getCardinality()

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  Determine the static cardinality of the expression. This establishes how many items there will be in the result of the expression, at compile time (i.e., without actually evaluating the result.

  Overrides:
    `getCardinality` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    one of the values Cardinality.ONE_OR_MORE, Cardinality.ZERO_OR_MORE, Cardinality.EXACTLY_ONE, Cardinality.ZERO_OR_ONE, Cardinality.EMPTY. This default implementation returns ZERO_OR_MORE (which effectively gives no information).

### localTypeCheck

    public void localTypeCheck(StaticContext env,
                               ItemType contextItemType)
                        throws XPathException

  Description copied from class: `SimpleNodeConstructor`
  Method to perform type-checking specific to the kind of instruction

  Specified by:
    `localTypeCheck` in class `SimpleNodeConstructor`
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### processLeavingTail

    public TailCall processLeavingTail(XPathContext context)
                                throws XPathException

  Process this instruction, to output a Comment Node

  Specified by:
    `processLeavingTail` in interface `TailCallReturner`
  Specified by:
    `processLeavingTail` in class `Instruction`
  Parameters:
    `context` - the dynamic context for this transformation
  Returns:
    a TailCall representing a call delegated to the caller. Always returns null in this implementation
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### display

    public void display(int level,
                        PrintStream out,
                        Configuration config)

  Description copied from class: `SimpleNodeConstructor`
  Display this instruction as an expression, for diagnostics

  Overrides:
    `display` in class `SimpleNodeConstructor`
  Parameters:
    `level` - indentation level for this expression
    `out` - Output destination

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