Package net.sf.saxon.functions

Class DistinctValues

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.functions.AbstractFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunctionFixed

net.sf.saxon.functions.DistinctValues

All Implemented Interfaces:

Callable, StatefulSystemFunction, FunctionItem, GroundedValue, Item, Sequence

public class DistinctValues
extends CollatingFunctionFixed

The XPath 2.0 distinct-values() function, with the collation argument already known

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	DistinctValues.DistinctIterator	Iterator class to return the distinct values in a sequence

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static AtomicMatchKey	NaN_MATCH_KEY	A match key for use in situations where NaN = NaN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DistinctValues()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Sequence	call(XPathContext context, Sequence[] arguments)	Call the Callable.
java.lang.String	getStreamerName()	Get a name that identifies the class that can be used to evaluate this function in streaming mode, that is, supplying one item or event at a time as it is delivered by the parser.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunctionFixed

copy, exportAttributes, getAtomicComparer, getPreAllocatedAtomicComparer, getStringCollator, importAttributes, isSubstringMatchingFunction, preAllocateComparer, setCollationName, setRetainedStaticContext

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

dependsOnContextItem, dynamicCall, equals, export, exportAdditionalArguments, fixArguments, getArity, getCardinality, getContextNode, getDescription, getDetails, getElaborator, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getFunctionItemType, getFunctionName, getIntegerBounds, getNetCost, getOperandRoles, getRequiredType, getResultItemType, getResultItemType, getRetainedStaticContext, getSpecialProperties, getStaticBaseUriString, getUniStringArg, hashCode, isSequenceVariadic, isTrustedResultType, makeCall, makeFunction, makeFunction40, makeFunctionCall, makeOptimizedFunctionCall, resultIfEmpty, setArity, setDetails, supplyTypeInformation, toShortString, toString, typeCheckCaller

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.AbstractFunction

atomize, deepEqual40, deepEquals, effectiveBooleanValue, getAnnotations, getUnicodeStringValue, isArray, isMap, makeNewContext, simplify, typeCheck

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.FunctionItem

getGenre

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.GroundedValue

asIterable, concatenate, containsNode, materialize

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Item

getLength, getStringValue, head, isStreamed, itemAt, iterate, reduce, subsequence

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Sequence

makeRepeatable

Field Detail

NaN_MATCH_KEY

public static final AtomicMatchKey NaN_MATCH_KEY

A match key for use in situations where NaN = NaN

Constructor Detail

DistinctValues

public DistinctValues()

Method Detail

getStreamerName

public java.lang.String getStreamerName()

Description copied from class: SystemFunction

Get a name that identifies the class that can be used to evaluate this function in streaming mode, that is, supplying one item or event at a time as it is delivered by the parser. Special streaming support is generally available in Saxon-EE for all system functions that take a sequence as their argument.

Overrides:

getStreamerName in class SystemFunction

Returns:

a name that identifies a class that supports streamed evaluation of this system function, or null if no such class is available. The mapping of names to classes is defined in the Saxon-EE class StreamerMap. In non-streaming Saxon editions (HE and PE) the method always returns null.

call

public Sequence call(XPathContext context,
                     Sequence[] arguments)
              throws XPathException

Description copied from interface: Callable

Call the Callable.

Parameters:

context - the dynamic evaluation context

arguments - the values of the arguments, supplied as Sequences.

Generally it is advisable, if calling iterate() to process a supplied sequence, to call it only once; if the value is required more than once, it should first be converted to a GroundedValue by calling the utility method SequenceTool.toGroundedValue().

If the expected value is a single item, the item should be obtained by calling Sequence.head(): it cannot be assumed that the item will be passed as an instance of Item or AtomicValue.

It is the caller's responsibility to perform any type conversions required to convert arguments to the type expected by the callee. An exception is where this Callable is explicitly an argument-converting wrapper around the original Callable.

Returns:

the result of the evaluation, in the form of a Sequence. It is the responsibility of the callee to ensure that the type of result conforms to the expected result type.

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression