com.saxonica.extra
Class SequentialCopy

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
      com.saxonica.extra.SequentialCopy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Container, Expression, InstructionInfoProvider, java.io.Serializable, javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator

public class SequentialCopy

extends ComputedExpression

This class performs a sequential copy of selected nodes within a document. The document is read using a StAX (pull) parser, and nodes that match the provided select pattern are identified. When such a node is encountered, a TinyBuilder is created and events for the subtree rooted at that node are pushed to the TinyBuilder to build this subtree. The tree for the document as a whole is never built.

This class enables expressions such as <xsl:copy-of select="doc('a.xml')//customer"/> to be processed serially without ever instantiating a.xml in memory. This is only possible when there is an explicit request to make a copy, because it is then known that there is no dependency on the node identity of nodes in a.xml.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression

locationId, staticProperties

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Method Summary

protected int	computeCardinality()
int	computeDependencies() Compute the dependencies of an expression, as the union of the dependencies of its subexpressions.
int	computeSpecialProperties()
void	display(int level, NamePool pool, java.io.PrintStream out) Diagnostic print of expression structure.
int	getImplementationMethod() An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
SequenceIterator	iterate(XPathContext context) Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence.
java.util.Iterator	iterateSubExpressions() Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
static Expression	optimize(Expression select) Given a select expression, determine whether it is a candidate for sequential processing, and if so, return a SequentialCopy expression that does the work.
Expression	optimize(Optimizer opt, StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType) Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
void	process(XPathContext context) Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls
Expression	typeCheck(StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType) Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression

adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, evaluateItem, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getParentExpression, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasBadParentPointer, markTailFunctionCalls, promote, resetStaticProperties, setLocationId, setParentExpression, simplify, suppressValidation, typeError, typeError

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

optimize

public static Expression optimize(Expression select)
                           throws XPathException

Given a select expression, determine whether it is a candidate for sequential processing, and if so, return a SequentialCopy expression that does the work.

To qualify, the select expression must be a path expression that starts with a call on doc() or document(), and whose subsequent steps are all axis steps using the child, descendant, and attribute axes only; there must be no predicates.

Throws:

XPathException

computeCardinality

protected int computeCardinality()

Specified by:

computeCardinality in class ComputedExpression

optimize

public Expression optimize(Optimizer opt,
                           StaticContext env,
                           ItemType contextItemType)
                    throws XPathException

Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.

This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.

Parameters:

opt - the optimizer in use. This provides access to supporting functions; it also allows different optimization strategies to be used in different circumstances.

env - the static context of the expression

contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE

Returns:

the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution

Throws:

StaticError - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

XPathException

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(StaticContext env,
                            ItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException

Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.

This checks statically that the operands of the expression have the correct type; if necessary it generates code to do run-time type checking or type conversion. A static type error is reported only if execution cannot possibly succeed, that is, if a run-time type error is inevitable. The call may return a modified form of the expression.

This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable. However, the types of such functions and variables may not be accurately known if they have not been explicitly declared.

Parameters:

env - the static context of the expression

contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE

Returns:

the original expression, rewritten to perform necessary run-time type checks, and to perform other type-related optimizations

Throws:

StaticError - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

XPathException

display

public void display(int level,
                    NamePool pool,
                    java.io.PrintStream out)

Diagnostic print of expression structure. The expression is written to the System.err output stream

Parameters:

level - indentation level for this expression

pool - NamePool used to expand any names appearing in the expression

out - Output destination

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Determine the data type of the expression, if possible. All expression return sequences, in general; this method determines the type of the items within the sequence, assuming that (a) this is known in advance, and (b) it is the same for all items in the sequence.

This method should always return a result, though it may be the best approximation that is available at the time.

Parameters:

th -

Returns:

a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

computeDependencies

public int computeDependencies()

Compute the dependencies of an expression, as the union of the dependencies of its subexpressions. (This is overridden for path expressions and filter expressions, where the dependencies of a subexpression are not all propogated). This method should be called only once, to compute the dependencies; after that, getDependencies should be used.

Overrides:

computeDependencies in class ComputedExpression

Returns:

the depencies, as a bit-mask

computeSpecialProperties

public int computeSpecialProperties()

Overrides:

computeSpecialProperties in class ComputedExpression

iterateSubExpressions

public java.util.Iterator iterateSubExpressions()

Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no sub-expressions.

Specified by:

iterateSubExpressions in interface Expression

Overrides:

iterateSubExpressions in class ComputedExpression

Returns:

an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression

getImplementationMethod

public int getImplementationMethod()

An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process(). This method indicates which of these methods is prefered.

Specified by:

getImplementationMethod in interface Expression

Overrides:

getImplementationMethod in class ComputedExpression

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException

Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence. The value of every expression can be regarded as a sequence, so this method is supported for all expressions. This default implementation handles iteration for expressions that return singleton values: for non-singleton expressions, the subclass must provide its own implementation.

Specified by:

iterate in interface Expression

Overrides:

iterate in class ComputedExpression

Parameters:

context - supplies the context for evaluation

Returns:

a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result of the expression

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

process

public void process(XPathContext context)
             throws XPathException

Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls

Specified by:

process in interface Expression

Overrides:

process in class ComputedExpression

Parameters:

context - The dynamic context, giving access to the current node, the current variables, etc.

Throws:

XPathException