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1 package net.sf.saxon.om;
2
3 /**
4  * This interface is implemented by NodeInfo implementations that act as wrappers
5  * on some underlying tree. It provides a method to access the real node underlying
6  * the virtual node, for use by applications that need to drill down to the
7  * underlying data.
8  */
9
10 public interface VirtualNode extends NodeInfo {
11
12     /**
13      * Get the real node undelying this virtual node. Note that this may itself be
14      * a VirtualNode; you may have to drill down through several layers of
15      * wrapping.
16      * <p>
17      * In some cases a single VirtualNode may represent an XPath text node that maps to a sequence
18      * of adjacent nodes (for example text nodes and CDATA nodes) in the underlying tree. In this case
19      * the first node in this sequence is returned.
20      * @return The underlying node.
21      */
22
23     public Object JavaDoc getUnderlyingNode();
24
25 }
26
27
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