net.sf.saxon.functions
Class CodepointsToString

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfo, Locator

public class CodepointsToString
extends SystemFunction

This class supports the function codepoints-to-string

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

operation

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

argument

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, locationId, PROCESS_METHOD, staticProperties

Constructor Summary

CodepointsToString()

Method Summary

Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext c) Evaluate
Expression	preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Pre-evaluate a function at compile time.
static CharSequence	unicodeToString(SequenceIterator chars, XPathContext context) Return the Unicode string corresponding to a given sequence of Unicode code values

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

addContextDocumentArgument, addDocToPathMap, checkArguments, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, copy, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, getRequiredType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails, useContextItemAsDefault

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

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

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

addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkForUpdatingSubexpressions, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, evaluatePendingUpdates, explain, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getObjectName, getProperties, getProperty, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, isSubtreeExpression, isUpdatingExpression, isVacuousExpression, iterate, iterateEvents, iterateSameFocusSubExpressions, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetLocalStaticProperties, setContainer, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, typeError

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CodepointsToString

public CodepointsToString()

Method Detail

preEvaluate

public Expression preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                       throws XPathException

Pre-evaluate a function at compile time. Functions that do not allow pre-evaluation, or that need access to context information, can override this method.

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

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

unicodeToString

public static CharSequence unicodeToString(SequenceIterator chars,
                                           XPathContext context)
                                    throws XPathException

Return the Unicode string corresponding to a given sequence of Unicode code values

Parameters:

chars - iterator delivering the characters as integer values

context - the evaluation context

Throws:

XPathException - if any of the integers is not the codepoint of a valid XML character