net.sf.saxon.expr
Class GeneralComparison10

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.BinaryExpression
          net.sf.saxon.expr.GeneralComparison10

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class GeneralComparison10
extends BinaryExpression

GeneralComparison10: a boolean expression that compares two expressions for equals, not-equals, greater-than or less-than. This implements the operators =, !=, <, >, etc. This version of the class implements general comparisons in XPath 1.0 backwards compatibility mode, as defined in the Oct 2004 revision of the specifications.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

GeneralComparison10(Expression p0, int op, Expression p1)
Create a general comparison identifying the two operands and the operator

Method Summary

int	computeCardinality() Determine the static cardinality.
Expression	copy() Copy an expression.
boolean	effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context) Evaluate the expression in a boolean context
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate the expression in a given context
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the expression
Expression	optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType) Optimize the expression
Expression	typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType) Type-check the expression

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

computeSpecialProperties, equals, explain, getOperands, getOperator, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, promote, replaceSubExpression, setFlattened, simplify, 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, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GeneralComparison10

public GeneralComparison10(Expression p0,
                           int op,
                           Expression p1)

Create a general comparison identifying the two operands and the operator

Parameters:

p0 - the left-hand operand

op - the operator, as a token returned by the Tokenizer (e.g. Token.LT)

p1 - the right-hand operand

Method Detail

computeCardinality

public int computeCardinality()

Determine the static cardinality. Returns [1..1]

Overrides:

computeCardinality in class BinaryExpression

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

typeCheck

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

Type-check the expression

Overrides:

typeCheck in class BinaryExpression

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 checked expression

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 BinaryExpression

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 checked expression

Throws:

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

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Evaluate the expression in a given context

Specified by:

evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem

Overrides:

evaluateItem in class Expression

Parameters:

context - the given context for evaluation

Returns:

a BooleanValue representing the result of the numeric comparison of the two operands

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
                              throws XPathException

Evaluate the expression in a boolean context

Overrides:

effectiveBooleanValue in class Expression

Parameters:

context - the given context for evaluation

Returns:

a boolean representing the result of the numeric comparison of the two operands

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

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

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Determine the data type of the expression

Specified by:

getItemType in class Expression

Parameters:

th - the type hierarchy cache

Returns:

Type.BOOLEAN