## net.sf.saxon.s9api
Class XQueryExecutable

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.s9api.XQueryExecutable

    public class XQueryExecutable

extends Object

An XQueryExecutable represents the compiled form of a query. To execute the query, it must first be loaded to form an `XQueryEvaluator`.

An XQueryExecutable is immutable, and therefore thread-safe. It is simplest to load a new XQueryEvaluator each time the query is to be run. However, the XQueryEvaluator is serially reusable within a single thread.

An XQueryExecutable is created by using one of the `compile` methods on the `XQueryCompiler` class.

Since:
  9.0

Constructor Summary
`protected` `XQueryExecutable(Processor processor, XQueryExpression exp)`

Method Summary
`OccurrenceIndicator` `getResultCardinality()` Get the statically-determined cardinality of the result of the query.
`ItemType` `getResultItemType()` Get the ItemType of the items in the result of the query, as determined by static analysis.
`XQueryExpression` `getUnderlyingCompiledQuery()` Get the underlying implementation object representing the compiled stylesheet.
`boolean` `isUpdateQuery()` Ask whether the query is an updating query: that is, whether it returns a Pending Update List rather than a Value.
`XQueryEvaluator` `load()` Load the stylesheet to prepare it for execution.

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

Constructor Detail

### XQueryExecutable

    protected XQueryExecutable(Processor processor,
                               XQueryExpression exp)

Method Detail

### load

    public XQueryEvaluator load()

  Load the stylesheet to prepare it for execution.

  Returns:
    An XsltTransformer. The returned XsltTransformer can be used to set up the dynamic context for stylesheet evaluation, and to run the stylesheet.

### getResultItemType

    public ItemType getResultItemType()

  Get the ItemType of the items in the result of the query, as determined by static analysis. This is the most precise ItemType that the processor is able to determine from static examination of the query; the actual items in the query result are guaranteed to belong to this ItemType or to a subtype of this ItemType.

  Returns:
    the statically-determined ItemType of the result of the query
  Since:
    9.1

### getResultCardinality

    public OccurrenceIndicator getResultCardinality()

  Get the statically-determined cardinality of the result of the query. This is the most precise cardinality that the processor is able to determine from static examination of the query.

  Returns:
    the statically-determined cardinality of the result of the query
  Since:
    9.1

### isUpdateQuery

    public boolean isUpdateQuery()

  Ask whether the query is an updating query: that is, whether it returns a Pending Update List rather than a Value. Note that queries using the XUpdate copy-modify syntax are not considered to be updating queries.

  Returns:
    true if the query is an updating query, false if not
  Since:
    9.1

### getUnderlyingCompiledQuery

    public XQueryExpression getUnderlyingCompiledQuery()

  Get the underlying implementation object representing the compiled stylesheet. This provides an escape hatch into lower-level APIs. The object returned by this method may change from release to release.

  Returns:
    the underlying implementation of the compiled stylesheet

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