net.sf.saxon.xqj

Class Closable

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.xqj.Closable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SaxonXQDataFactory, SaxonXQDynamicContext, SaxonXQForwardSequence, SaxonXQItem, SaxonXQSequence

public abstract class Closable
extends Object

This class represents the common ability of many XQJ classes to be closed. Note that closing an object serves no useful purpose in the Saxon implementation; this complex machinery is provided merely to satisfy the XQJ interface, which is designed to accommodate a client-server implementation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Closable()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Close this object
boolean	isClosed() Ask whether this object has been closed.
void	setClosableContainer(Closable container) Set the container of this closable object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Closable

public Closable()

Method Detail

setClosableContainer

public final void setClosableContainer(Closable container)

Set the container of this closable object. Closing the container causes this object to be treated as closed itself

Parameters:

container - the container of this closable object

close

public final void close()

Close this object

isClosed

public final boolean isClosed()

Ask whether this object has been closed.

Returns:

true if either the object itself or its container has been closed