com.saxonica.extra
Class Index

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
          net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
              net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
                  com.saxonica.extra.Index

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, Container, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class Index
extends CollatingFunction

This class supports the extension function saxon:index, which returns an indexed sequence

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Index()

Method Summary

Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate an expression as a single item.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction

checkArguments, getExpressionBaseURI, getStringCollator

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, display, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, main, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall

getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionNameCode, getNumberOfArguments, iterateSubExpressions, preEvaluate, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionNameCode, simplify, typeCheck

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainingProcedure, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getParentExpression, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasBadParentPointer, iterate, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetStaticProperties, setLocationId, setParentExpression, setParentExpression, suppressValidation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Index

public Index()

Method Detail

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Description copied from class: Expression

Evaluate an expression as a single item. This always returns either a single Item or null (denoting the empty sequence). No conversion is done. This method should not be used unless the static type of the expression is a subtype of "item" or "item?": that is, it should not be called if the expression may return a sequence. There is no guarantee that this condition will be detected.

Specified by:

evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem

Overrides:

evaluateItem in class Expression

Parameters:

context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated

Returns:

the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty sequence

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression