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 * Copyright (C) 2002-2012 XimpleWare, [email protected]
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 */
package com.ximpleware.extended.xpath;
import com.ximpleware.extended.*;
/**
 * 
 * This is the abstract class on which all XPath expressions 
 * are based
 */

abstract public class Expr {

	abstract public boolean evalBoolean(VTDNavHuge vn);

	abstract public double evalNumber(VTDNavHuge vn);
		
	abstract public int evalNodeSet(VTDNavHuge vn) throws XPathEvalExceptionHuge, NavExceptionHuge;
	
	abstract public String evalString(VTDNavHuge vn);

	abstract public void reset(VTDNavHuge vn);
	abstract public String toString();

	abstract public boolean isNumerical();
	abstract public boolean isNodeSet();
	abstract public boolean isString();
	abstract public boolean isBoolean();
	
	abstract public boolean requireContextSize();
	abstract public void setContextSize(int size);
	
	abstract public void setPosition(int pos);
	abstract public int adjust(int n);
	// to support computer context size 
	// needs to add 
	//abstract public boolean needContextSize();
	//abstract public boolean SetContextSize(int contextSize);
}