net.sf.saxon.expr

Class ItemChecker

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

net.sf.saxon.expr.UnaryExpression

net.sf.saxon.expr.ItemChecker

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, InstructionInfo, Locator

public final class ItemChecker
extends UnaryExpression

A ItemChecker implements the item type checking of "treat as": that is, it returns the supplied sequence, checking that all its items are of the correct type

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.UnaryExpression

operand

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

EFFECTIVE_BOOLEAN_VALUE, EVALUATE_METHOD, EVENT_FEED_METHOD, INHERITED_CONTEXT, INSPECTION_CONTEXT, ITEM_FEED_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, locationId, MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH, MAX_STRING_LENGTH, NAVIGATION_CONTEXT, NODE_VALUE_CONTEXT, PROCESS_METHOD, PUSH_SELECTION, staticProperties, UNBOUNDED_LOWER, UNBOUNDED_UPPER, W3C_CONSUMING, W3C_FREE_RANGING, W3C_GROUP_CONSUMING, W3C_MOTIONLESS, WATCH_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ItemChecker(Expression sequence, ItemType itemType, RoleLocator role) Constructor

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Expression	copy() Copy an expression.
boolean	equals(Object other) Is this expression the same as another expression?
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate as an Item.
void	explain(ExpressionPresenter out) Diagnostic print of expression structure.
ExpressionCompiler	getExpressionCompiler() Return the compiler of the ItemChecker expression
String	getExpressionName() Get a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.
int	getImplementationMethod() An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
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.
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the items returned by the expression
ItemMappingFunction	getMappingFunction(XPathContext context) Get the mapping function used to implement this item check.
ItemType	getRequiredType() Get the required type
RoleLocator	getRoleLocator() Get the RoleLocator (used to construct error messages)
int	getStreamability(int syntacticContext, boolean allowExtensions, List<String> reasons) Get the "sweep" of this expression as defined in the W3C streamability specifications.
ItemCheckerAdjunct	getStreamingAdjunct() Get a class that supports streamed evaluation of this expression
int	hashCode() get HashCode for comparing two expressions.
SequenceIterator	iterate(XPathContext context) Iterate over the sequence of values
void	process(XPathContext context) Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls
Expression	simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Simplify an expression
String	toString() The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression in an XPath-like form, but there is no guarantee that the syntax will actually be true XPath.
Expression	typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType) Type-check the expression

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.UnaryExpression

computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, displayOperator, getBaseExpression, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, promote, replaceSubExpression

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, hasVariableBinding, implementsStaticTypeCheck, isSubtreeExpression, isUpdatingExpression, isVacuousExpression, iterateEvents, iterateSubExpressionInfo, markTailFunctionCalls, resetLocalStaticProperties, setContainer, setEvaluationMethod, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, toPattern, toStreamingPattern, typeError

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ItemChecker

public ItemChecker(Expression sequence,
           ItemType itemType,
           RoleLocator role)

Constructor

Parameters:

sequence - the expression whose value we are checking

itemType - the required type of the items in the sequence

role - information used in constructing an error message

Method Detail

getRequiredType

public ItemType getRequiredType()

Get the required type

Returns:

the required type of the items in the sequence

getRoleLocator

public RoleLocator getRoleLocator()

Get the RoleLocator (used to construct error messages)

Returns:

the RoleLocator

simplify

public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException

Simplify an expression

Overrides:

simplify in class UnaryExpression

Parameters:

visitor - an expression visitor

Returns:

the simplified expression

Throws:

XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                   ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException

Type-check the expression

Overrides:

typeCheck in class UnaryExpression

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)

getImplementationMethod

public int getImplementationMethod()

An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process(). This method indicates which of these methods is provided. This implementation provides both iterate() and process() methods natively.

Overrides:

getImplementationMethod in class Expression

Returns:

the implementation method, for example Expression.ITERATE_METHOD or Expression.EVALUATE_METHOD or Expression.PROCESS_METHOD

getStreamability

public int getStreamability(int syntacticContext,
                   boolean allowExtensions,
                   List<String> reasons)

Get the "sweep" of this expression as defined in the W3C streamability specifications. This provides an assessment of stylesheet code against the W3C criteria for guaranteed streamability, and is implemented to allow these criteria to be tested. It is not the case that all expression that emerge as streamable from this analysis are currently capable of being streamed by Saxon

Overrides:

getStreamability in class Expression

Parameters:

syntacticContext - one of the values Expression.NAVIGATION_CONTEXT, Expression.NODE_VALUE_CONTEXT, Expression.INHERITED_CONTEXT, Expression.INSPECTION_CONTEXT

allowExtensions - if false, the definition of "guaranteed streamability" in the W3C specification is used. If true, Saxon extensions are permitted, which make some

reasons - the caller may supply a list, in which case the implementation may add to this list a message explaining why the construct is not streamable, suitable for inclusion in an error message.

Returns:

one of the values Expression.W3C_MOTIONLESS, Expression.W3C_CONSUMING, Expression.W3C_GROUP_CONSUMING, Expression.W3C_FREE_RANGING

getStreamingAdjunct

public ItemCheckerAdjunct getStreamingAdjunct()

Get a class that supports streamed evaluation of this expression

Overrides:

getStreamingAdjunct in class Expression

Returns:

the relevant StreamingAdjunct, or null if none is available

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.

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException

Iterate over the sequence of values

Overrides:

iterate in class Expression

Parameters:

context - supplies the context for evaluation

Returns:

a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result of the expression

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

getMappingFunction

public ItemMappingFunction getMappingFunction(XPathContext context)

Get the mapping function used to implement this item check. This mapping function is applied to each item in the input sequence.

Parameters:

context - The dynamic context used to evaluate the mapping function

Returns:

the mapping function. This will be an identity mapping: the output sequence is the same as the input sequence, unless the dynamic type checking reveals an error.

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Evaluate as an Item.

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

process

public void process(XPathContext context)
             throws XPathException

Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls

Overrides:

process in class Expression

Parameters:

context - The dynamic context, giving access to the current node, the current variables, etc.

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs

copy

public Expression copy()

Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.

Specified by:

copy in class Expression

Returns:

the copy of the original expression

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Determine the data type of the items returned by the expression

Overrides:

getItemType in class UnaryExpression

Parameters:

th - the type hierarchy cache

Returns:

the item type of the items in the result sequence, insofar as this is known statically.

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Is this expression the same as another expression?

Overrides:

equals in class UnaryExpression

hashCode

public int hashCode()

get HashCode for comparing two expressions. Note that this hashcode gives the same result for (A op B) and for (B op A), whether or not the operator is commutative.

Overrides:

hashCode in class UnaryExpression

getExpressionCompiler

public ExpressionCompiler getExpressionCompiler()

Return the compiler of the ItemChecker expression

Overrides:

getExpressionCompiler in class Expression

Returns:

the relevant ExpressionCompiler

explain

public void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)

Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.

Overrides:

explain in class UnaryExpression

Parameters:

out - the expression presenter used to display the structure

getExpressionName

public String getExpressionName()

Get a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.

Overrides:

getExpressionName in class Expression

Returns:

a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user. The name will always be in the form of a lexical XML QName, and should match the name used in explain() output displaying the expression.

toString

public String toString()

The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression in an XPath-like form, but there is no guarantee that the syntax will actually be true XPath. In the case of XSLT instructions, the toString() method gives an abstracted view of the syntax

Overrides:

toString in class UnaryExpression

Returns:

a representation of the expression as a string