Overview

  -- Formats the input XSL according to the xsl:stylesheet defined in it and returns the result, which is of the XMLType type.
  MEMBER FUNCTION TRANSFORM(xsl IN XMLTYPE) RETURN XMLTYPE,

  -- Convert XMLType to CLOB or VARCHAR2 Function
  MEMBER FUNCTION GETCLOBVAL RETURN CLOB,
  MEMBER FUNCTION GETSTRINGVAL RETURN VARCHAR2,

  -- Map XMLType to PL/SQL object instances
  MEMBER PROCEDURE TOOBJECT(object OUT NOCOPY <object_type>),

  -- Converting input CLOB or VARCHAR2 data to XMLType involves performing validity checks.
  STATIC FUNCTION CREATEXML(xmldata IN CLOB) RETURN XMLTYPE,
  STATIC FUNCTION CREATEXML(xmldata IN VARCHAR2) RETURN XMLTYPE,

  -- Construct an instance of the XMLType data type.
  CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION XMLTYPE(xmldata IN CLOB) RETURN SELF AS RESULT,
  CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION XMLTYPE(xmldata IN VARCHAR2) RETURN SELF AS RESULT