net.sf.saxon.functions
Class CodepointsToString

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
          extended by net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
              extended by net.sf.saxon.functions.CodepointsToString
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, 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
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
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, equals, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getImplementationMethod, getItemType, getOperation, getRequiredType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails, useContextItemAsDefault
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, checkArgumentCount, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getExpressionName, 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, getEvaluationMethod, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getIntegerBounds, 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

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 - if evaluation fails

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c)
                  throws XPathException
Evaluate

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


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