net.sf.saxon.evpull
Class SequenceComposer

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.evpull.SequenceComposer

All Implemented Interfaces:

SequenceIterator

public class SequenceComposer
extends Object
implements SequenceIterator

This class takes a sequence of pull events and composes them into a sequence of items. This involves building any element or document nodes that are presented in decomposed form.

Note: this SequenceIterator does not implement the getAnother() method, which limits its use, since getAnother() is needed to support the XPath last() function.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator

GROUNDED, LAST_POSITION_FINDER, LOOKAHEAD

Constructor Summary

SequenceComposer(EventIterator iter, PipelineConfiguration pipe)
Create a sequence composer

Method Summary

Item	current() Get the current value in the sequence (the one returned by the most recent call on next()).
SequenceIterator	getAnother() Get another SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items as the original, but which is repositioned at the start of the sequence.
int	getProperties() Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer.
static void	main(String[] args) Main method for testing only
Item	next() Get the next item in the sequence.
int	position() Get the current position.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SequenceComposer

public SequenceComposer(EventIterator iter,
                        PipelineConfiguration pipe)

Create a sequence composer

Parameters:

iter - the underlying event iterator

pipe - the pipeline configuration

Method Detail

next

public Item next()
          throws XPathException

Get the next item in the sequence. This method changes the state of the iterator, in particular it affects the result of subsequent calls of position() and current().

Specified by:

next in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

the next item, or null if there are no more items. Once a call on next() has returned null, no further calls should be made. The preferred action for an iterator if subsequent calls on next() are made is to return null again, and all implementations within Saxon follow this rule.

Throws:

XPathException - if an error occurs retrieving the next item

Since:

8.4

current

public Item current()

Get the current value in the sequence (the one returned by the most recent call on next()). This will be null before the first call of next(). This method does not change the state of the iterator.

Specified by:

current in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

the current item, the one most recently returned by a call on next(). Returns null if next() has not been called, or if the end of the sequence has been reached.

Since:

8.4

getAnother

public SequenceIterator getAnother()
                            throws XPathException

Get another SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items as the original, but which is repositioned at the start of the sequence.

This method allows access to all the items in the sequence without disturbing the current position of the iterator. Internally, its main use is in evaluating the last() function.

This method does not change the state of the iterator.

Specified by:

getAnother in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

a SequenceIterator that iterates over the same items, positioned before the first item

Throws:

XPathException - if any error occurs

Since:

8.4

getProperties

public int getProperties()

Get properties of this iterator, as a bit-significant integer.

Specified by:

getProperties in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

the properties of this iterator. This will be some combination of properties such as SequenceIterator.GROUNDED, SequenceIterator.LAST_POSITION_FINDER, and SequenceIterator.LOOKAHEAD. It is always acceptable to return the value zero, indicating that there are no known special properties. It is acceptable for the properties of the iterator to change depending on its state.

Since:

8.6

position

public int position()

Get the current position. This will usually be zero before the first call on next(), otherwise it will be the number of times that next() has been called. Once next() has returned null, the preferred action is for subsequent calls on position() to return -1, but not all existing implementations follow this practice. (In particular, the EmptyIterator is stateless, and always returns 0 as the value of position(), whether or not next() has been called.)

This method does not change the state of the iterator.

Specified by:

position in interface SequenceIterator

Returns:

the current position, the position of the item returned by the most recent call of next(). This is 1 after next() has been successfully called once, 2 after it has been called twice, and so on. If next() has never been called, the method returns zero. If the end of the sequence has been reached, the value returned will always be <= 0; the preferred value is -1.

Since:

8.4

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Main method for testing only

Parameters:

args - not used

Throws:

Exception