### Saxon.Api

- BinaryResource
- CatalogCollection
- DirectoryCollection
- DocumentBuilder
- DomDestination
- DynamicContext
- DynamicError
- EmptyEnumerator<T>
- ErrorReporter
- ErrorReporterToStaticError
- ErrorReporterWrapper
- ExtensionFunction
- ExtensionFunctionCall
- ExtensionFunctionDefinition
- Feature<T>
- FeatureKeys
- HostLanguage
- ICollectionFinder
- IErrorReporter
- IInvalidityHandler
- IMessageListener
- IMessageListener2
- InvalidityHandlerWrapper
- IPredicate<in XdmItem>
- IQueryResolver
- IResource
- IResourceCollection
- IResourceFactory
- IResultDocumentHandler
- IXmlLocation
- JarCollection
- NamespaceConstant
- NullDestination
- Predicate<T>
- Predicates
- Processor
- QName
- RawDestination
- RecoveryPolicy
- Resource
- ResourceCollection
- SchemaManager
- SchemaResolver
- SchemaValidationMode
- SchemaValidator
- Serializer
- StandardCollectionFinder
- StandardLogger
- StaticContext
- StaticError
- Step<TInput, TResult>
- Steps
- TextWriterDestination
- TreeModel
- URIQueryParameters
- ValidationFailure
- WhitespacePolicy
- XdmAnyArrayType
- XdmAnyFunctionType
- XdmAnyItemType
- XdmAnyMapType
- XdmAnyNodeType
- XdmArray
- XdmAtomicType
- XdmAtomicValue
- XdmAxis
- XdmDestination
  - - TreeProtector
- XdmEmptySequence
- XdmExternalObjectValue
- XdmFunctionItem
- XdmItem
- XdmItemType
- XdmMap
- XdmNode
- XdmNodeKind
- XdmSequenceType
- XdmValue
- XmlDestination
- XmlProcessingError
- XmlResource
- XPathCompiler
- XPathExecutable
- XPathSelector
- XQueryCompiler
- XQueryEvaluator
- XQueryExecutable
- Xslt30Transformer
- XsltCompiler
- XsltExecutable
  - - ParameterDetails
- XsltPackage
- XsltTransformer

### Saxon.Api

# Class XdmItemType

Direct Known Subclasses
  XdmAnyArrayType, XdmAnyFunctionType, XdmAnyItemType, XdmAnyMapType, XdmAnyNodeType, XdmAtomicType, XdmNodeKind

public abstract class XdmItemType

Abstract class representing an item type. This may be the generic item type `item()`, an atomic type, the generic node type `node()`, a specific node kind such as `element()` or `text()`, or the generic function type `function()`.

More specific node types (such as `element(E)` or `schema-element(E)`) cannot currently be instantiated in this API.

### Method Summary
string | ToString() Get a string representation of the type. This will be a string that confirms to XPath ItemType production, for example a QName (always in 'Q{uri}local' format, or a construct such as 'node()' or 'map(*)'). If the type is an anonymous schema type, the name of the nearest named base type will be given, preceded by the character '<'

## Method Detail

### ToString

public override string ToString()

Get a string representation of the type. This will be a string that confirms to XPath ItemType production, for example a QName (always in 'Q{uri}local' format, or a construct such as 'node()' or 'map(*)'). If the type is an anonymous schema type, the name of the nearest named base type will be given, preceded by the character '<'

Returns:

a string representation of the type