/*
* eXist Open Source Native XML Database
* Copyright (C) 2001-04 The eXist Project
* http://exist-db.org
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
* $Id$
*/
package org.exist.xquery;
import org.exist.dom.NodeSet;
import org.exist.xquery.value.Sequence;
/**
*
*/
public interface Optimizable extends Expression {
boolean canOptimize(Sequence contextSequence);
boolean optimizeOnSelf();
NodeSet preSelect(Sequence contextSequence, boolean useContext) throws XPathException;
int getOptimizeAxis();
}