net.sf.saxon.expr
Class PJConverter.ToCollection

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.PJConverter
      net.sf.saxon.expr.PJConverter.ToCollection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Enclosing class:

PJConverter

public static class PJConverter.ToCollection
extends PJConverter

Converter for use when the target class is a collection class. Also used when the target class is Object

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.PJConverter

PJConverter.AnyURIValueToURI, PJConverter.AnyURIValueToURL, PJConverter.Atomic, PJConverter.BooleanValueToBoolean, PJConverter.CalendarValueToCalendar, PJConverter.CalendarValueToDate, PJConverter.General, PJConverter.Identity, PJConverter.IntegerValueToBigInteger, PJConverter.IntegerValueToByte, PJConverter.IntegerValueToChar, PJConverter.IntegerValueToInt, PJConverter.IntegerValueToLong, PJConverter.IntegerValueToShort, PJConverter.NumericValueToBigDecimal, PJConverter.NumericValueToDouble, PJConverter.NumericValueToFloat, PJConverter.QualifiedNameValueToQName, PJConverter.StringValueToChar, PJConverter.StringValueToString, PJConverter.ToArray, PJConverter.ToCollection, PJConverter.ToNull, PJConverter.ToSequenceExtent, PJConverter.ToSequenceIterator, PJConverter.UnwrapExternalObject

Field Summary

static PJConverter.ToCollection

INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

PJConverter.ToCollection()

Method Summary

Object

convert(ValueRepresentation value, Class targetClass, XPathContext context) Convert an XPath value to a Java value of a specified class

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

allocate, allocateNodeListCreator, compile, getEquivalentItemType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static PJConverter.ToCollection INSTANCE

Constructor Detail

PJConverter.ToCollection

public PJConverter.ToCollection()

Method Detail

convert

public Object convert(ValueRepresentation value,
                      Class targetClass,
                      XPathContext context)
               throws XPathException

Description copied from class: PJConverter

Convert an XPath value to a Java value of a specified class

Specified by:

convert in class PJConverter

Parameters:

value - the supplied XPath value

targetClass - the class of the required Java value

context - the XPath dynamic context

Returns:

the corresponding Java value, which is guaranteed to be an instance of the target class (except that an empty sequence is converted to null)

Throws:

XPathException - if the conversion is not possible or fails