saxon:evaluate-node

Allows XPath expressions to be read from a source document and evaluated at run-time.

evaluate-node($node as node()) ➔ item()*

Arguments

 

$node

node()

The node containing the expression to be evaluated

Result

item()*

Namespace

http://saxon.sf.net/

Saxon availability

Requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE. From Saxon 10, no longer available.

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Available in PE/EE from Saxon 8.2 to Saxon 9.9; dropped in Saxon 10. Use the XSLT 3.0 instruction xsl:evaluate instead.

Details

This function has been dropped in Saxon 10.

See also:

saxon:evaluate()