net.sf.saxon.functions
Class Compare

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.CollatingFunction
                  extended by net.sf.saxon.functions.Compare
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, CallableExpression, InstructionInfo, Locator

public class Compare
extends CollatingFunction
implements CallableExpression

XSLT 2.0 compare() function

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
stringCollator
 
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
Compare()
           
 
Method Summary
 SequenceIterator call(SequenceIterator[] arguments, XPathContext context)
          Evaluate the expression
 Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
          Evaluate the expression
 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.
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
checkArguments, copy, equals, expandCollationURI, getAbsoluteCollationURI, getAtomicComparer, getCollator, getExpressionBaseURI, getStringCollator
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
addContextDocumentArgument, addDocToPathMap, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, 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, preEvaluate, 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, 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
 
Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.expr.CallableExpression
getArguments
 

Constructor Detail

Compare

public Compare()
Method Detail

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.

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

call

public SequenceIterator call(SequenceIterator[] arguments,
                             XPathContext context)
                      throws XPathException
Description copied from interface: CallableExpression
Evaluate the expression

Specified by:
call in interface CallableExpression
Parameters:
arguments - the values of the arguments, supplied as SequenceIterators
context - the dynamic evaluation context
Returns:
the result of the evaluation, in the form of a SequenceIterator
Throws:
XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression


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