net.sf.saxon.functions
Class NormalizeSpace

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.NormalizeSpace
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, InstructionInfo, Locator

public class NormalizeSpace
extends SystemFunction

Implement the XPath normalize-space() function

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
NormalizeSpace()
           
 
Method Summary
 boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext c)
          Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
 Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c)
          Evaluate in a general context
 int getIntrinsicDependencies()
          Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived from the dependencies of its subexpressions.
 Expression preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Pre-evaluate a function at compile time.
 Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)
          Type-check the expression.
 
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
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkForUpdatingSubexpressions, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, evaluateAsString, evaluatePendingUpdates, explain, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getContainer, getDependencies, getEvaluationMethod, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getIntegerBounds, 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

NormalizeSpace

public NormalizeSpace()
Method Detail

getIntrinsicDependencies

public int getIntrinsicDependencies()
Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived from the dependencies of its subexpressions. For example, position() has an intrinsic dependency on the context position, while (position()+1) does not. The default implementation of the method returns 0, indicating "no dependencies".

Overrides:
getIntrinsicDependencies in class Expression
Returns:
a set of bit-significant flags identifying the "intrinsic" dependencies. The flags are documented in class net.sf.saxon.value.StaticProperty

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException
Description copied from class: FunctionCall
Type-check the expression. This also calls preEvaluate() to evaluate the function if all the arguments are constant; functions that do not require this behavior can override the preEvaluate method.

Overrides:
typeCheck in class FunctionCall
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)

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 in a general context

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

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext c)
                              throws XPathException
Get the effective boolean value of the expression. This returns false if the value is the empty sequence, a zero-length string, a number equal to zero, or the boolean false. Otherwise it returns true.

This method is implemented for normalize-space() because it is quite often used in a boolean context to test whether a value exists and is non-white, and because testing for the presence of non-white characters is a lot more efficient than constructing the normalized string, especially because of early-exit.

Overrides:
effectiveBooleanValue in class Expression
Parameters:
c - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
Returns:
the effective boolean value
Throws:
XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression


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