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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/icl/saxon/pattern/UnionPattern.html#simplify()">simplify</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Simplify the pattern: perform any context-independent optimisations</TD>
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