CollectionFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardCollectionFinder

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
```
@FunctionalInterface
public interface CollectionFinder
```
An instance of CollectionFinder can be registered with the Saxon configuration; it is called in response to calls on the fn:collection() and fn:uri-collection() functions. When these functions are called, the findCollection(XPathContext, String) method is called to get a ResourceCollection object representing the collection of resources identified by the supplied collection URI.

Since:

9.7: Supersedes URICollectionResolver. The interface was changed to return Resource objects, to allow streamed processing of the documents in a collection; and to pass a properties object that can be used to indicate whether the collection is stable (that is, repeated requests return the same result)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ResourceCollection`	`findCollection(XPathContext context, java.lang.String collectionURI)`	Locate the collection of resources corresponding to a collection URI.

- Method Detail
  - findCollection
```
ResourceCollection findCollection(XPathContext context,
                                  java.lang.String collectionURI)
                           throws XPathException
```
    Locate the collection of resources corresponding to a collection URI.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - The XPath dynamic evaluation context
    
    collectionURI - The collection URI: an absolute URI, formed by resolving the argument supplied to the fn:collection or fn:uri-collection against the static base URI
    
    Returns:
    
    a ResourceCollection object representing the resources in the collection identified by this collection URI. Result should not be null.
    
    Throws:
    
    XPathException - if the collection was not found