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evaluate</H3>
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public java.lang.String <B>evaluate</B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;item)
                          throws <A HREF="../../../../javax/xml/xpath/XPathExpressionException.html">XPathExpressionException</A></PRE>
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<DD><p>Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the specified context and
 return the result as a <code>String</code>.</p>

 <p>This method calls <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xpath/jaxp/XPathExpressionImpl.html#evaluate(java.lang.Object, javax.xml.namespace.QName)">