The Choose class places all When child-nodes
  in a vector. The Choose class translates the "test"-attribute
  of all When nodes (in strict order) and chains them together
  in an if-else style. The expression that holds each test contains a true-
  and a false-list. These lists are vectors of branch targets that should be
  used if the test succeeds or fails, respectively. The first test's
  false-list is pointed to the start of the next test (ie. if the first test
  fails, then we run the next test). The last test's false-list points directly
  to the code for the body of the <xsl:otherwise> element.
  
  Just as with the <xsl:if>-element, special care is
  taken for the element-available() and
  function-available() functions. These functions are evaluated at
  compile-time (this can be done since all parameters for these functions are
  literals) and the body of a <xsl:when> element is not
  compiled if we know that it will never be needed at runtime.