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getNodeType</H3>
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public final short <B>getNodeType</B>()</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/icl/saxon/pattern/Pattern.html" title="class in com.icl.saxon.pattern">Pattern</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Determine the types of nodes to which this pattern applies. Used for optimisation.
 For patterns that match nodes of several types, return NodeInfo.NODE
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