net.sf.saxon.expr
Class CastableExpression

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.UnaryExpression
          net.sf.saxon.expr.CastableExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public final class CastableExpression
extends UnaryExpression

Castable Expression: implements "Expr castable as atomic-type?". The implementation simply wraps a cast expression with a try/catch.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

CastableExpression(Expression source, AtomicType target, boolean allowEmpty)
Create a "castable" expression of the form "source castable as target"

Method Summary

boolean	allowsEmpty() Determine whether the empty sequence is allowed
int	computeCardinality() Determine the static cardinality.
int	computeSpecialProperties() Determine the special properties of this expression
Expression	copy() Copy an expression.
boolean	effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context) Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
boolean	equals(Object other) Is this expression the same as another expression?
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate the expression
void	explain(ExpressionPresenter out) Diagnostic print of expression structure.
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the result of the Castable expression
AtomicType	getTargetType() Get the target type
static boolean	isCastable(AtomicValue value, AtomicType targetType, XPathContext context) Determine whether a value is castable to a given type
Expression	optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType) Optimize the expression
Expression	simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Simplify the expression
Expression	typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType) Type-check the expression

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

getBaseExpression, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, promote, replaceSubExpression, toString

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

addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, display, doPromotion, evaluateAsString, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, iterate, iterateEvents, markTailFunctionCalls, process, setContainer, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CastableExpression

public CastableExpression(Expression source,
                          AtomicType target,
                          boolean allowEmpty)

Create a "castable" expression of the form "source castable as target"

Parameters:

source - The source expression

target - The type being tested against

allowEmpty - true if an empty sequence is acceptable, that is if the expression was written as "source castable as target?"

Method Detail

getTargetType

public AtomicType getTargetType()

Get the target type

Returns:

the target type

allowsEmpty

public boolean allowsEmpty()

Determine whether the empty sequence is allowed

Returns:

true if an empty sequence is allowed

simplify

public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException

Simplify the expression

Overrides:

simplify in class UnaryExpression

Parameters:

visitor - an expression visitor

Returns:

the simplified expression

Throws:

XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException

Type-check the expression

Overrides:

typeCheck in class UnaryExpression

Parameters:

visitor - an expression visitor

contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE

Returns:

the original expression, rewritten to perform necessary run-time type checks, and to perform other type-related optimizations

Throws:

XPathException - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

optimize

public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                           ItemType contextItemType)
                    throws XPathException

Optimize the expression

Overrides:

optimize in class UnaryExpression

Parameters:

visitor - an expression visitor

contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE

Returns:

the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution

Throws:

XPathException - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Is this expression the same as another expression?

Overrides:

equals in class UnaryExpression

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Determine the data type of the result of the Castable expression

Overrides:

getItemType in class UnaryExpression

Parameters:

th - the type hierarchy cache

Returns:

the item type of the items in the result sequence, insofar as this is known statically.

computeCardinality

public int computeCardinality()

Description copied from class: UnaryExpression

Determine the static cardinality. Default implementation returns the cardinality of the operand

Overrides:

computeCardinality in class UnaryExpression

Returns:

the computed cardinality, as one of the values StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE, StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE

computeSpecialProperties

public int computeSpecialProperties()

Determine the special properties of this expression

Overrides:

computeSpecialProperties in class UnaryExpression

Returns:

StaticProperty.NON_CREATIVE.

copy

public Expression copy()

Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.

Specified by:

copy in class Expression

Returns:

the copy of the original expression

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Evaluate the expression

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

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
                              throws XPathException

Description copied from class: Expression

Get the effective boolean value of the expression. This returns false if the value is the empty sequence, a zero-length string, a number equal to zero, or the boolean false. Otherwise it returns true.

Overrides:

effectiveBooleanValue in class Expression

Parameters:

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

Returns:

the effective boolean value

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

isCastable

public static boolean isCastable(AtomicValue value,
                                 AtomicType targetType,
                                 XPathContext context)

Determine whether a value is castable to a given type

Parameters:

value - the value to be tested

targetType - the type to be tested against

context - XPath dynamic context

Returns:

true if the value is castable to the required type

explain

public void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)

Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.

Overrides:

explain in class UnaryExpression

Parameters:

out - the expression presenter used to display the structure