public boolean isAbsolute(LocPathIterator path)
  {
  	int analysis = path.getAnalysisBits();
    boolean isAbs = (WalkerFactory.isSet(analysis, WalkerFactory.BIT_ROOT) || 
           WalkerFactory.isSet(analysis, WalkerFactory.BIT_ANY_DESCENDANT_FROM_ROOT));
    if(isAbs)
    {
    	isAbs = m_absPathChecker.checkAbsolute(path);
    }
    return isAbs;
  }
public boolean isAbsolute ( LocPathIterator path ) { int analysis = path . getAnalysisBits ( ) ; boolean isAbs = ( WalkerFactory . isSet ( analysis , WalkerFactory . BIT_ROOT ) || WalkerFactory . isSet ( analysis , WalkerFactory . BIT_ANY_DESCENDANT_FROM_ROOT ) ) ; if ( isAbs ) { isAbs = m_absPathChecker . checkAbsolute ( path ) ; } return isAbs ; }
Tell if the given LocPathIterator is relative to an absolute path, i.e.
in not dependent on the context.

@return true if the LocPathIterator is not dependent on the context node.