Package net.sf.saxon.s9api

Class XdmItem

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Iterable<XdmItem>
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    XdmAtomicValue, XdmExternalObject, XdmFunctionItem, XdmNode
    public abstract class XdmItem
extends XdmValue
    The class XdmItem represents an item in a sequence, as defined by the XDM data model. An item may be an atomic value, a node, a function item (including maps and arrays), or an external object.

    An item is a member of a sequence, but it can also be considered as a sequence (of length one) in its own right. XdmItem is a subtype of XdmValue because every Item in the XDM data model is also a value.

    It cannot be assumed that every sequence of length one will be represented by an XdmItem. It is quite possible for an XdmValue that is not an XdmItem to hold a singleton sequence.

    Saxon provides a number of concrete subclasses of XdmItem, namely XdmAtomicValue, XdmNode, XdmFunctionItem and XdmExternalObject. Users must not attempt to create additional subclasses.

    • Constructor Detail

      • XdmItem

        public XdmItem​(Item item)
        Construct an XdmItem as a wrapper around an existing Saxon Item object
        Parameters:
        item - the Item object to be wrapped. This can be retrieved using the getUnderlyingValue() method.
        Throws:
        java.lang.NullPointerException - if item is null
        Since:
        9.5 (previously a protected constructor)

    • Method Detail

      • wrapItem

        protected static XdmItem wrapItem​(Item item)

      • getUnderlyingValue

        public Item getUnderlyingValue()
        Get the underlying implementation object representing the value. This method allows access to lower-level Saxon functionality, including classes and methods that offer no guarantee of stability across releases.
        Overrides:
        getUnderlyingValue in class XdmValue
        Returns:
        the underlying implementation object representing the value
        Since:
        9.8 (previously inherited from XdmValue which returns a Sequence)

      • getStringValue

        public java.lang.String getStringValue()
        Get the string value of the item. For a node, this gets the string value of the node. For an atomic value, it has the same effect as casting the value to a string. In all cases the result is the same as applying the XPath string() function.

        For atomic values, the result is the same as the result of calling toString. This is not the case for nodes, where toString returns an XML serialization of the node.

        Returns:
        the result of converting the item to a string.

      • getUnicodeStringValue

        public UnicodeString getUnicodeStringValue()
        Get the string value of the item. For a node, this gets the string value of the node. For an atomic value, it has the same effect as casting the value to a string. In all cases the result is the same as applying the XPath string() function.

        The string returned is the same as the result of getStringValue(), but represented as an instance of UnicodeString.

        Returns:
        the result of converting the item to a string.

      • isNode

        public boolean isNode()
        Determine whether the item is a node or some other type of item
        Returns:
        true if the item is a node, false if it is an atomic value or a function (including maps and arrays)
        Since:
        10.0

      • isAtomicValue

        public boolean isAtomicValue()
        Determine whether the item is an atomic value or some other type of item
        Returns:
        true if the item is an atomic value, false if it is a node or a function (including maps and arrays)

      • size

        public int size()
        Get the number of items in the sequence
        Overrides:
        size in class XdmValue
        Returns:
        the number of items in the value. For an item (including a map or array) this is always 1 (one).

      • asMap

        public java.util.Map<XdmAtomicValue,​XdmValue> asMap()
        If this item is a map, return a corresponding Java Map.
        Returns:
        if this item is a map, return a mutable Map from atomic values to (sequence) values, containing the same entries as this map. Otherwise return null.
        Since:
        9.6.

      • stream

        public XdmStream<? extends XdmItem> stream()
        Get a stream comprising the items in this value
        Overrides:
        stream in class XdmValue
        Returns:
        a Stream over the items in this value
        Since:
        9.9

      • matches

        public boolean matches​(ItemType type)
        Determine whether this item matches a given item type.
        Parameters:
        type - the item type to be tested against this item
        Returns:
        true if the item matches this item type, false if it does not match.
        Since:
        9.9