net.sf.saxon.expr
Class CastExpression

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.UnaryExpression
          extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.CastingExpression
              extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.CastExpression
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, InstructionInfo, Locator

public class CastExpression
extends CastingExpression

Cast Expression: implements "cast as data-type ( expression )". It also allows an internal cast, which has the same semantics as a user-requested cast, but maps an empty sequence to an empty sequence. This expression class does not handle casting to a union type.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.CastingExpression
converter, nsResolver
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.UnaryExpression
operand
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
EFFECTIVE_BOOLEAN_VALUE, EVALUATE_METHOD, EVENT_FEED_METHOD, ITEM_FEED_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, locationId, MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH, MAX_STRING_LENGTH, PROCESS_METHOD, PUSH_SELECTION, staticProperties, UNBOUNDED_LOWER, UNBOUNDED_UPPER, WATCH_METHOD
 
Constructor Summary
CastExpression(Expression source, AtomicType target, boolean allowEmpty)
          Create a cast expression
 
Method Summary
static AtomicValue castStringToQName(CharSequence operand, AtomicType targetType, StaticContext env)
          Evaluate the "pseudo-cast" of a string literal to a QName or NOTATION value.
 int computeCardinality()
          Get the static cardinality of the expression
 Expression copy()
          Copy an expression.
 boolean equals(Object other)
          Is this expression the same as another expression?
 Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
          Evaluate the expression
 void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)
          Diagnostic print of expression structure.
 IntegerValue[] getIntegerBounds()
          For an expression that returns an integer or a sequence of integers, get a lower and upper bound on the values of the integers that may be returned, from static analysis.
 ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
          Get the static type of the expression
 int hashCode()
          get HashCode for comparing two expressions.
 Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)
          Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
protected  Expression preEvaluate()
          Perform early (compile-time) evaluation
 String toString()
          The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression in an XPath-like form, but there is no guarantee that the syntax will actually be true XPath.
 Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)
          Type-check the expression
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.CastingExpression
allowsEmpty, computeSpecialProperties, getConverter, getNamespaceResolver, getTargetPrimitiveType, getTargetType, isOperandIsStringLiteral, setAllowEmpty, setNamespaceResolver, setOperandIsStringLiteral, setTargetType, simplify
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.UnaryExpression
displayOperator, getBaseExpression, iterateSubExpressions, promote, replaceSubExpression
 
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, getEvaluationMethod, getExecutable, getExpressionName, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getObjectName, getProperties, getProperty, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, hasVariableBinding, implementsStaticTypeCheck, isSubtreeExpression, isUpdatingExpression, isVacuousExpression, iterate, iterateEvents, iterateSameFocusSubExpressions, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetLocalStaticProperties, setContainer, setEvaluationMethod, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, typeError
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CastExpression

public CastExpression(Expression source,
                      AtomicType target,
                      boolean allowEmpty)
Create a cast expression

Parameters:
source - expression giving the value to be converted
target - the type to which the value is to be converted
allowEmpty - true if the expression allows an empty sequence as input, producing an empty sequence as output. If false, an empty sequence is a type error.
Method Detail

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException
Type-check the expression

Overrides:
typeCheck in class UnaryExpression
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE
Returns:
the original expression, rewritten to perform necessary run-time type checks, and to perform other type-related optimizations
Throws:
XPathException - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

optimize

public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                           ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)
                    throws XPathException
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.

This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.

Overrides:
optimize in class UnaryExpression
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE
Returns:
the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution
Throws:
XPathException - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

preEvaluate

protected Expression preEvaluate()
                          throws XPathException
Perform early (compile-time) evaluation

Throws:
XPathException

computeCardinality

public int computeCardinality()
Get the static cardinality of the expression

Overrides:
computeCardinality in class UnaryExpression
Returns:
the computed cardinality, as one of the values StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE, StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Get the static type of the expression

Overrides:
getItemType in class UnaryExpression
Parameters:
th - the type hierarchy cache
Returns:
the item type of the items in the result sequence, insofar as this is known statically.

getIntegerBounds

public IntegerValue[] getIntegerBounds()
For an expression that returns an integer or a sequence of integers, get a lower and upper bound on the values of the integers that may be returned, from static analysis. The default implementation returns null, meaning "unknown" or "not applicable". Other implementations return an array of two IntegerValue objects, representing the lower and upper bounds respectively. The values UNBOUNDED_LOWER and UNBOUNDED_UPPER are used by convention to indicate that the value may be arbitrarily large. The values MAX_STRING_LENGTH and MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH are used to indicate values limited by the size of a string or the size of a sequence.

Overrides:
getIntegerBounds in class Expression
Returns:
the lower and upper bounds of integer values in the result, or null to indicate unknown or not applicable.

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

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException
Evaluate the expression

Overrides:
evaluateItem in class Expression
Parameters:
context - 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

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)
Is this expression the same as another expression?

Overrides:
equals in class UnaryExpression

hashCode

public int hashCode()
get HashCode for comparing two expressions. Note that this hashcode gives the same result for (A op B) and for (B op A), whether or not the operator is commutative.

Overrides:
hashCode in class UnaryExpression

toString

public String toString()
The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression in an XPath-like form, but there is no guarantee that the syntax will actually be true XPath. In the case of XSLT instructions, the toString() method gives an abstracted view of the syntax

Overrides:
toString in class UnaryExpression
Returns:
a representation of the expression as a string

explain

public void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)
Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.

Overrides:
explain in class UnaryExpression
Parameters:
out - the expression presenter used to display the structure

castStringToQName

public static AtomicValue castStringToQName(CharSequence operand,
                                            AtomicType targetType,
                                            StaticContext env)
                                     throws XPathException
Evaluate the "pseudo-cast" of a string literal to a QName or NOTATION value. This can only happen at compile time

Parameters:
operand - the value to be converted
targetType - the type to which it is to be converted
env - the static context
Returns:
the QName or NOTATION value that results from casting the string to a QName. This will either be a QNameValue or a derived AtomicValue derived from QName or NOTATION
Throws:
XPathException


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