net.sf.saxon.sort
Class ConditionalSorter

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.sort.ConditionalSorter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class ConditionalSorter
extends Expression

An expression that sorts an underlying sequence into document order if some condition is true, or that returns the sequence "as is" (knowing that it doesn't need sorting) if the condition is false.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

ConditionalSorter(Expression condition, DocumentSorter sorter)
Create a conditional document sorter

Method Summary

Expression	copy() Copy an expression.
void	explain(ExpressionPresenter out) Diagnostic print of expression structure.
int	getCardinality() Determine the static cardinality of the expression.
Expression	getCondition() Get the condition under which the nodes need to be sorted
DocumentSorter	getDocumentSorter() Get the document sorter, which sorts the nodes if the condition is true
int	getImplementationMethod() An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
SequenceIterator	iterate(XPathContext context) Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence.
Iterator	iterateSubExpressions() Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
Expression	promote(PromotionOffer offer) Offer promotion for this subexpression.
boolean	replaceSubExpression(Expression original, Expression replacement) Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConditionalSorter

public ConditionalSorter(Expression condition,
                         DocumentSorter sorter)

Create a conditional document sorter

Parameters:

condition - the conditional expression

sorter - the sorting expression

Method Detail

getCondition

public Expression getCondition()

Get the condition under which the nodes need to be sorted

Returns:

the condition (an expression)

getDocumentSorter

public DocumentSorter getDocumentSorter()

Get the document sorter, which sorts the nodes if the condition is true

Returns:

the document sorter

getCardinality

public int getCardinality()

Determine the static cardinality of the expression. This establishes how many items there will be in the result of the expression, at compile time (i.e., without actually evaluating the result.

Overrides:

getCardinality in class Expression

Returns:

one of the values Cardinality.ONE_OR_MORE, Cardinality.ZERO_OR_MORE, Cardinality.EXACTLY_ONE, Cardinality.ZERO_OR_ONE, Cardinality.EMPTY. This default implementation returns ZERO_OR_MORE (which effectively gives no information).

getImplementationMethod

public int getImplementationMethod()

An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process(). This method indicates which of these methods is provided directly. The other methods will always be available indirectly, using an implementation that relies on one of the other methods.

Overrides:

getImplementationMethod in class Expression

Returns:

the implementation method, for example Expression.ITERATE_METHOD or Expression.EVALUATE_METHOD or Expression.PROCESS_METHOD

iterateSubExpressions

public Iterator iterateSubExpressions()

Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no sub-expressions.

Overrides:

iterateSubExpressions in class Expression

Returns:

an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression

replaceSubExpression

public boolean replaceSubExpression(Expression original,
                                    Expression replacement)

Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression

Overrides:

replaceSubExpression in class Expression

Parameters:

original - the original subexpression

replacement - the replacement subexpression

Returns:

true if the original subexpression is found

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

explain

public void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)

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

Specified by:

explain in class Expression

Parameters:

out - the expression presenter used to display the structure

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Determine the data type of the expression, if possible. All expression return sequences, in general; this method determines the type of the items within the sequence, assuming that (a) this is known in advance, and (b) it is the same for all items in the sequence.

This method should always return a result, though it may be the best approximation that is available at the time.

Specified by:

getItemType in class Expression

Parameters:

th - the type hierarchy cache

Returns:

a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

promote

public Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
                   throws XPathException

Offer promotion for this subexpression. The offer will be accepted if the subexpression is not dependent on the factors (e.g. the context item) identified in the PromotionOffer. By default the offer is not accepted - this is appropriate in the case of simple expressions such as constant values and variable references where promotion would give no performance advantage. This method is always called at compile time.

Overrides:

promote in class Expression

Parameters:

offer - details of the offer, for example the offer to move expressions that don't depend on the context to an outer level in the containing expression

Returns:

if the offer is not accepted, return this expression unchanged. Otherwise return the result of rewriting the expression to promote this subexpression

Throws:

XPathException - if any error is detected

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException

Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence. The value of every expression can be regarded as a sequence, so this method is supported for all expressions. This default implementation handles iteration for expressions that return singleton values: for non-singleton expressions, the subclass must provide its own implementation.

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