net.sf.saxon.expr
Class PJConverter.General

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Enclosing class:

PJConverter

public static class PJConverter.General
extends PJConverter

General-purpose converter when nothing more specific is available. (Provided largely as a transition aid)

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.General

INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

PJConverter.General()

Method Summary

Object

convert(ValueRepresentation<? extends Item> 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, getEquivalentItemType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final PJConverter.General INSTANCE

Constructor Detail

PJConverter.General

public PJConverter.General()

Method Detail

convert

public Object convert(ValueRepresentation<? extends Item> 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