=====Function QName=====

This function is part of the core function set.

====Name====
**QName** creates a QName object (The saxon Java object  net.sf.saxon.s9api.QName)


====Synopsis====
QName( localname )
QName( clarkname )
QName( uri localname )
QName( prefix uri localname )


====Description====
Creates a QName object with one of the three above constructors.
This can be used to pass QNames directly to  [[CommandXquery xquery]] or <[ ]> or [[FunctionStAXhasNext stax:hasNext]] or any function or command that expects a QName literal.

""QName"" variables can be inspected by using the [[JavaObjects java objects]] instance method syntax.

The one argument case can take either a local name or a full QName in [[QNameClarkNotation Clark notation]].




Example
%%
q=QName( prefix http://foo.bar local )
echo $q
echo q.getPrefix()
echo q.getLocalName()
echo q.getNamespaceURI()

%%

Result
%%
prefix:local
prefix
local
http://foo.bar
%%


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