/// <summary>
/// Compile an expression supplied as a <c>String</c>.
/// </summary>
/// <example>
/// <code>
/// XPathExecutable q = compiler.Compile("distinct-values(//*/node-name()");
/// </code>
/// </example>
/// <param name="source">A string containing the source text of the XPath expression</param>
/// <returns>An <c>XPathExecutable</c> which represents the compiled XPath expression object.
/// The <c>XPathExecutable</c> may be run as many times as required, in the same or a different
/// thread. The <c>XPathExecutable</c> is not affected by any changes made to the <c>XPathCompiler</c>
/// once it has been compiled.</returns>
/// <exception cref="StaticError">
/// Throws a <c>Saxon.Api.StaticError</c> if there is any static error in the XPath expression.
/// This includes both syntax errors, semantic errors such as references to undeclared functions or
/// variables, and statically-detected type errors.
/// </exception>
public XPathExecutable Compile(String source)
{
try {
JXPathExecutable executable = compiler.compile(source);
return(new XPathExecutable(executable));
}
catch (JSaxonApiException err)
{
throw new StaticError(err);
}
}
// internal constructor
internal XPathExecutable(JXPathExecutable executable)
{
this.executable = executable;
}
