net.sf.saxon.s9api
Class XQueryEvaluator

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.s9api.XQueryEvaluator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterable<XdmItem>

public class XQueryEvaluator
extends Object
implements Iterable<XdmItem>

An XQueryEvaluator represents a compiled and loaded stylesheet ready for execution. The XQueryEvaluator holds details of the dynamic evaluation context for the stylesheet.

An XQueryEvaluator must not be used concurrently in multiple threads. It is safe, however, to reuse the object within a single thread to run the same stylesheet several times. Running the stylesheet does not change the context that has been established.

An XQueryEvaluator is always constructed by running the Load method of an XQueryExecutable.

An XQueryEvaluator is itself a Iterable. This makes it possible to evaluate the results in a for-each expression.

Method Summary

XdmValue	evaluate() Perform the query, returning the results as an XdmValue
XdmItem	getContextItem() Get the initial context item for the query, if one has been set
ErrorListener	getErrorListener() Get the error listener.
XdmValue	getExternalVariable(QName name) Get the value that has been set for an external variable
TraceListener	getTraceListener() Get the registered TraceListener, if any
DynamicQueryContext	getUnderlyingQueryContext() Get the underlying dynamic context object.
URIResolver	getURIResolver() Get the URI resolver.
Iterator<XdmItem>	iterator() Get an iterator over the results of the query
void	run() Perform the query, sending the results to a previously specified destination
void	run(Destination destination) Perform the query, sending the results to a specified destination
void	setContextItem(XdmItem item) Set the initial context item for the query
void	setDestination(Destination destination) Set the destination of the query
void	setErrorListener(ErrorListener listener) Set the error listener.
void	setExternalVariable(QName name, XdmValue value) Set the value of external variable defined in the query
void	setSource(Source source) Set the source document for the query.
void	setTraceListener(TraceListener listener) Set a TraceListener which will receive messages relating to the evaluation of all expressions.
void	setURIResolver(URIResolver resolver) Set an object that will be used to resolve URIs used in fn:document() and related functions.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

setSource

public void setSource(Source source)
               throws SaxonApiException

Set the source document for the query. This method is equivalent to building a document from the supplied source object, and then supplying the document node of the resulting document as the initial context node.

Parameters:

source - the principal source document for the transformation

Throws:

SaxonApiException

setContextItem

public void setContextItem(XdmItem item)

Set the initial context item for the query

Parameters:

item - the initial context item, or null if there is to be no initial context item

getContextItem

public XdmItem getContextItem()

Get the initial context item for the query, if one has been set

Returns:

the initial context item, or null if none has been set. This will not necessarily be the same object as was supplied, but it will be an XdmItem object that represents the same underlying node or atomic value.

setExternalVariable

public void setExternalVariable(QName name,
                                XdmValue value)

Set the value of external variable defined in the query

Parameters:

name - the name of the external variable, as a QName

value - the value of the external variable, or null to clear a previously set value

getExternalVariable

public XdmValue getExternalVariable(QName name)

Get the value that has been set for an external variable

Parameters:

name - the name of the external variable whose value is required

Returns:

the value that has been set for the external variable, or null if no value has been set

setURIResolver

public void setURIResolver(URIResolver resolver)

Set an object that will be used to resolve URIs used in fn:document() and related functions.

Parameters:

resolver - An object that implements the URIResolver interface, or null.

getURIResolver

public URIResolver getURIResolver()

Get the URI resolver.

Returns:

the user-supplied URI resolver if there is one, or the system-defined one otherwise

setErrorListener

public void setErrorListener(ErrorListener listener)

Set the error listener. The error listener receives reports of all run-time errors and can decide how to report them.

Parameters:

listener - the ErrorListener to be used

getErrorListener

public ErrorListener getErrorListener()

Get the error listener.

Returns:

the ErrorListener in use

setTraceListener

public void setTraceListener(TraceListener listener)

Set a TraceListener which will receive messages relating to the evaluation of all expressions. This option has no effect unless the query was compiled to enable tracing.

Parameters:

listener - the TraceListener to use

getTraceListener

public TraceListener getTraceListener()

Get the registered TraceListener, if any

Returns:

listener the TraceListener in use, or null if none has been set

setDestination

public void setDestination(Destination destination)

Set the destination of the query

Parameters:

destination - the destination to which the results of the query will be sent

run

public void run()
         throws SaxonApiException

Perform the query, sending the results to a previously specified destination

Throws:

SaxonApiException - if any dynamic error occurs during the query

IllegalStateException - if no Destination has been supplied for the query results

run

public void run(Destination destination)
         throws SaxonApiException

Perform the query, sending the results to a specified destination

Parameters:

destination - The destination where the result document will be sent

Throws:

SaxonApiException - if any dynamic error occurs during the query

evaluate

public XdmValue evaluate()
                  throws SaxonApiException

Perform the query, returning the results as an XdmValue

Returns:

an XdmValue representing the results of the query

Throws:

SaxonApiException - if the query fails with a dynamic error

iterator

public Iterator<XdmItem> iterator()
                           throws SaxonApiUncheckedException

Get an iterator over the results of the query

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<XdmItem>

Throws:

SaxonApiUncheckedException - if a dynamic error is detected while constructing the iterator. It is also possible for an SaxonApiUncheckedException to be thrown by the hasNext() method of the returned iterator if a dynamic error occurs while evaluating the result sequence.

getUnderlyingQueryContext

public DynamicQueryContext getUnderlyingQueryContext()

Get the underlying dynamic context object. This provides an escape hatch to the underlying implementation classes, which contain methods that may change from one release to another.

Returns:

the underlying object representing the dynamic context for query execution