Package com.saxonica.functions.map

This package implements maps, a Saxon extension to the XSLT and XQuery specification that provides a dictionary-like data structure.

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Description

Interface Summary

MapItem

Interface supported by different implementations of an XDM map item

Class Summary

ImmutableMap	An immutable map.
MapCollation	Implementation of the extension function map:entry(key, value) => Map
MapContains	Implementation of the XPath 3.0 function map:contains(Map, key) => boolean
MapEntry	Implementation of the extension function map:entry(key, value) => Map
MapGet	Implementation of the XPath 3.0 function map:get(Map, key) => value
MapKeys	Implementation of the extension function map:keys(Map) => atomicValue*
MapNew	Implementation of the extension function map:new() => Map
MapRemove	Implementation of the XPath 3.0 function map:remove(Map, key) => value
MapSize	Implementation of the extension function map:entry(key, value) => Map
MapType	An instance of this class represents a specific function item type, for example function(xs:int) as xs:boolean
SingletonMap	A map containing a single entry

Package com.saxonica.functions.map Description

This package implements maps, a Saxon extension to the XSLT and XQuery specification that provides a dictionary-like data structure.

Maps are immutable, so that adding a new entry to a map creates a new map.

The entries in a map are (Key, Value) pairs. The key is always an atomic value; the value may be any XPath sequence.

There are functions (each supported by its own implementation class) to create a new map, to add an entry to a map, to get an entry from a map, and to list all the keys that are present in a map.

Michael H. Kay
Saxonica Limited
30 July 2010