net.sf.saxon.functions
Class DistinctValues

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
          net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
              net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
                  net.sf.saxon.functions.DistinctValues

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class DistinctValues
extends CollatingFunction

The XPath 2.0 distinct-values() function

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

DistinctValues.DistinctIterator Iterator class to return the distinct values in a sequence

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

DistinctValues()

Method Summary

void	checkArguments(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Method called during static type checking
AtomicComparer	getAtomicComparer() Get the AtomicComparer allocated at compile time.
SequenceIterator	iterate(XPathContext context) Evaluate the function to return an iteration of selected values or nodes.

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

copy, getExpressionBaseURI, getStringCollator

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

addDocToPathMap, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails

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

addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, equals, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionName, getNumberOfArguments, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, preEvaluate, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionName, simplify, toString, typeCheck

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DistinctValues

public DistinctValues()

Method Detail

checkArguments

public void checkArguments(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException

Description copied from class: SystemFunction

Method called during static type checking

Overrides:

checkArguments in class CollatingFunction

Parameters:

visitor - the expression visitor

Throws:

XPathException

getAtomicComparer

public AtomicComparer getAtomicComparer()

Get the AtomicComparer allocated at compile time.

Returns:

the AtomicComparer if one has been allocated at compile time; return null if the collation is not known until run-time

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException

Evaluate the function to return an iteration of selected values or nodes.

Specified by:

iterate in interface SequenceIterable

Overrides:

iterate in class Expression

Parameters:

context - supplies the context for evaluation

Returns:

a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result of the expression

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression