net.sf.saxon.type

Class ExternalObjectType

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.type.ExternalObjectType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ItemType

public class ExternalObjectType
extends Object
implements ItemType

This class represents the type of an external Java object returned by an extension function, or supplied as an external variable/parameter.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ExternalObjectType	EXTERNAL_OBJECT_TYPE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExternalObjectType(Class javaClass) Create an external object type.
ExternalObjectType(Class javaClass, Configuration config) Create an external object type.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj) Test whether two ExternalObjectType objects represent the same type
AtomicType	getAtomizedItemType() Get the item type of the atomic values that will be produced when an item of this type is atomized
double	getDefaultPriority() Determine the default priority of this item type when used on its own as a Pattern
String	getDescription()
String	getDisplayName()
Class	getJavaClass() Get the Java class to which this external object type corresponds
String	getName() Get the local name of this type.
ItemType	getPrimitiveItemType() Get the primitive item type corresponding to this item type.
int	getPrimitiveType() Get the primitive type corresponding to this item type.
int	getRelationship(ExternalObjectType other) Get the relationship of this external object type to another external object type
ItemType	getSuperType(TypeHierarchy th) Get the type from which this item type is derived by restriction.
String	getTargetNamespace() Get the target namespace of this type.
StructuredQName	getTypeName() Get the name of this type as a StructuredQName, unless the type is anonymous, in which case return null
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
boolean	isAtomicType() Test whether this item type is an atomic type
boolean	isAtomizable() Ask whether values of this type are atomizable
boolean	isExternalType() Return true if this is an external object type, that is, a Saxon-defined type for external Java or .NET objects
boolean	isPlainType() Ask whether this is a plain type (a type whose instances are always atomic values)
boolean	matches(Item item, XPathContext context) Test whether a given item conforms to this type
boolean	matchesItem(Item item, boolean allowURIPromotion, Configuration config) Test whether a given item conforms to this type
String	toString()
void	visitNamedSchemaComponents(SchemaComponentVisitor visitor) Visit all the schema components used in this ItemType definition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EXTERNAL_OBJECT_TYPE

public static ExternalObjectType EXTERNAL_OBJECT_TYPE

Constructor Detail

ExternalObjectType

public ExternalObjectType(Class javaClass)

Create an external object type.

Parameters:

javaClass - the Java class to which this type corresponds

ExternalObjectType

public ExternalObjectType(Class javaClass,
                  Configuration config)

Create an external object type.

Parameters:

javaClass - the Java class to which this type corresponds

config - the Saxon configuration. This argument is no longer used (since 9.5).

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the local name of this type.

Returns:

the fully qualified name of the Java class.

getTargetNamespace

public String getTargetNamespace()

Get the target namespace of this type. The is always NamespaceConstant.JAVA_TYPE.

Returns:

the target namespace of this type definition.

isExternalType

public boolean isExternalType()

Return true if this is an external object type, that is, a Saxon-defined type for external Java or .NET objects

Returns:

true (always)

getTypeName

public StructuredQName getTypeName()

Get the name of this type as a StructuredQName, unless the type is anonymous, in which case return null

Returns:

the name of the atomic type, or null if the type is anonymous.

isPlainType

public boolean isPlainType()

Ask whether this is a plain type (a type whose instances are always atomic values)

Specified by:

isPlainType in interface ItemType

Returns:

true

getPrimitiveItemType

public ItemType getPrimitiveItemType()

Get the primitive item type corresponding to this item type.

Specified by:

getPrimitiveItemType in interface ItemType

Returns:

EXTERNAL_OBJECT_TYPE, the ExternalObjectType that encapsulates the Java type Object.class.

getPrimitiveType

public int getPrimitiveType()

Get the primitive type corresponding to this item type. For item(), this is Type.ITEM. For node(), it is Type.NODE. For specific node kinds, it is the value representing the node kind, for example Type.ELEMENT. For anyAtomicValue it is Type.ATOMIC. For numeric it is Type.NUMBER. For other atomic types it is the primitive type as defined in XML Schema, except that INTEGER is considered to be a primitive type.

Specified by:

getPrimitiveType in interface ItemType

Returns:

the integer fingerprint of the corresponding primitive type

getAtomizedItemType

public AtomicType getAtomizedItemType()

Get the item type of the atomic values that will be produced when an item of this type is atomized

Specified by:

getAtomizedItemType in interface ItemType

Returns:

BuiltInAtomicType.STRING, because atomization returns the result of toString()

isAtomizable

public boolean isAtomizable()

Ask whether values of this type are atomizable

Specified by:

isAtomizable in interface ItemType

Returns:

true, because (since Saxon 9.5) atomization will always return the result of toString()

getRelationship

public int getRelationship(ExternalObjectType other)

Get the relationship of this external object type to another external object type

Parameters:

other - the other external object type

Returns:

the relationship of this external object type to another external object type, as one of the constants in class TypeHierarchy, for example TypeHierarchy.SUBSUMES

getDescription

public String getDescription()

isAtomicType

public boolean isAtomicType()

Test whether this item type is an atomic type

Specified by:

isAtomicType in interface ItemType

Returns:

false, this is not considered to be an atomic type

getJavaClass

public Class getJavaClass()

Get the Java class to which this external object type corresponds

Returns:

the corresponding Java class

matches

public boolean matches(Item item,
              XPathContext context)

Test whether a given item conforms to this type

Specified by:

matches in interface ItemType

Parameters:

item - The item to be tested

context - the XPath dynamic evaluation context

Returns:

true if the item is an instance of this type; false otherwise

matchesItem

public boolean matchesItem(Item item,
                  boolean allowURIPromotion,
                  Configuration config)

Test whether a given item conforms to this type

Specified by:

matchesItem in interface ItemType

Parameters:

item - The item to be tested

allowURIPromotion - ignored for this overloading of the method

config - ignored for this overloading of the method

Returns:

true if the item is an instance of this type; false otherwise

getSuperType

public ItemType getSuperType(TypeHierarchy th)

Description copied from interface: ItemType

Get the type from which this item type is derived by restriction. This is the supertype in the XPath type heirarchy, as distinct from the Schema base type: this means that the supertype of xs:boolean is xs:anyAtomicType, whose supertype is item() (rather than xs:anySimpleType).

In fact the concept of "supertype" is not really well-defined, because the types form a lattice rather than a hierarchy. The only real requirement on this function is that it returns a type that strictly subsumes this type, ideally as narrowly as possible.

Specified by:

getSuperType in interface ItemType

Parameters:

th - the type hierarchy cache

Returns:

the supertype, or null if this type is item()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()

getDefaultPriority

public double getDefaultPriority()

Determine the default priority of this item type when used on its own as a Pattern

Specified by:

getDefaultPriority in interface ItemType

Returns:

the default priority

visitNamedSchemaComponents

public void visitNamedSchemaComponents(SchemaComponentVisitor visitor)
                                throws XPathException

Visit all the schema components used in this ItemType definition

Specified by:

visitNamedSchemaComponents in interface ItemType

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor class to be called when each component is visited

Throws:

XPathException - if an error occurs

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Test whether two ExternalObjectType objects represent the same type

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the other ExternalObjectType

Returns:

true if the two objects represent the same type