net.sf.saxon.expr
Interface MappingFunction<F extends Item,T extends Item>
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- Atomizer.AtomizingFunction, ForExpression.MappingAction, ForSequenceMappingAction, KeyMappingFunction
public interface MappingFunction<F extends Item,T extends Item>
MappingFunction is an interface that must be satisfied by an object passed to a
MappingIterator. It represents an object which, given an Item, can return a
SequenceIterator that delivers a sequence of zero or more Items.
This is a generic interface, where F represents the type of the input to the mapping
function, and T represents the type of the result
map
SequenceIterator<T> map(F item)
throws XPathException
- Map one item to a sequence.
- Parameters:
item
- The item to be mapped.
- Returns:
- one of the following: (a) a SequenceIterator over the sequence of items that the supplied input
item maps to, or (b) null if it maps to an empty sequence.
- Throws:
XPathException
- if a dynamic error occurs
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