net.sf.saxon.functions
Class Evaluate

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class Evaluate
extends SystemFunction

This class implements the saxon:evaluate(), saxon:expression(), and saxon:eval() extension functions, which are specially-recognized by the system because they need access to parts of the static context

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Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

Evaluate.PreparedExpression Inner class PreparedExpression represents a compiled XPath expression together with the standard variables $p1 ..

Field Summary

static int	EVAL
static int	EVALUATE
static int	EVALUATE_NODE
static int	EXPRESSION

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Evaluate()

Method Summary

void	checkArguments(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Method supplied by each class of function to check arguments during parsing, when all the argument expressions have been read
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext c) Evaluate in a general context
int	getIntrinsicDependencies() Determine the dependencies
SequenceIterator	iterate(XPathContext c) Iterate over the results of the function
Expression	preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor) preEvaluate: for saxon:expression, if the expression is known at compile time, then it is compiled at compile time.

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

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

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

addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, equals, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionName, getNumberOfArguments, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, 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, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, 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

Field Detail

EVALUATE

public static final int EVALUATE

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Constant Field Values

EXPRESSION

public static final int EXPRESSION

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Constant Field Values

EVAL

public static final int EVAL

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Constant Field Values

EVALUATE_NODE

public static final int EVALUATE_NODE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Evaluate

public Evaluate()

Method Detail

checkArguments

public void checkArguments(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException

Method supplied by each class of function to check arguments during parsing, when all the argument expressions have been read

Overrides:

checkArguments in class SystemFunction

Parameters:

visitor - the expression visitor

Throws:

XPathException

preEvaluate

public Expression preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                       throws XPathException

preEvaluate: for saxon:expression, if the expression is known at compile time, then it is compiled at compile time. In other cases this method suppresses compile-time evaluation by doing nothing (because the value of the expression depends on the runtime context).

Overrides:

preEvaluate in class FunctionCall

Parameters:

visitor - an expression visitor

Returns:

the result of the early evaluation, or the original expression, or potentially a simplified expression

Throws:

XPathException

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c)
                  throws XPathException

Evaluate in a general context

Specified by:

evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem

Overrides:

evaluateItem in class Expression

Parameters:

c - 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

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext c)
                         throws XPathException

Iterate over the results of the function

Specified by:

iterate in interface SequenceIterable

Overrides:

iterate in class Expression

Parameters:

c - 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

getIntrinsicDependencies

public int getIntrinsicDependencies()

Determine the dependencies

Overrides:

getIntrinsicDependencies in class Expression

Returns:

a set of bit-significant flags identifying the "intrinsic" dependencies. The flags are documented in class net.sf.saxon.value.StaticProperty