net.sf.saxon.expr
Class IdentityComparison

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.BinaryExpression
          net.sf.saxon.expr.IdentityComparison

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public final class IdentityComparison

extends BinaryExpression

IdentityComparison: a boolean expression that compares two nodes for equals, not-equals, greater-than or less-than based on identity and document ordering

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

operand0, operand1, operator

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

Constructor Summary

IdentityComparison(Expression p1, int op, Expression p2)
Create an identity comparison identifying the two operands and the operator

Method Summary

boolean	effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context) Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate the expression
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the expression
void	setGenerateIdEmulation(boolean flag) Set flag to indicate different empty-sequence behavior when emulating comparison of two generate-id's
Expression	typeCheck(StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType) Type-check the expression

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

computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, display, displayOperator, equals, getOperands, getOperator, hashCode, isAssociative, isCommutative, isInverse, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, promote, simplify

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

adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, dynamicError, evaluateAsString, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getParentExpression, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasBadParentPointer, iterate, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetStaticProperties, setLocationId, setParentExpression, suppressValidation, typeError, typeError

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IdentityComparison

public IdentityComparison(Expression p1,
                          int op,
                          Expression p2)

Create an identity comparison identifying the two operands and the operator

Parameters:

p1 - the left-hand operand

op - the operator, as a token returned by the Tokenizer (e.g. Token.LT)

p2 - the right-hand operand

Method Detail

setGenerateIdEmulation

public void setGenerateIdEmulation(boolean flag)

Set flag to indicate different empty-sequence behavior when emulating comparison of two generate-id's

typeCheck

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

Type-check the expression

Specified by:

typeCheck in interface Expression

Overrides:

typeCheck in class BinaryExpression

Throws:

XPathException

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Evaluate the expression

Specified by:

evaluateItem in interface Expression

Overrides:

evaluateItem in class ComputedExpression

Parameters:

context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated

Returns:

the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty sequence

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
                              throws XPathException

Description copied from class: ComputedExpression

Get the effective boolean value of the expression. This returns false if the value is the empty sequence, a zero-length string, a number equal to zero, or the boolean false. Otherwise it returns true.

Specified by:

effectiveBooleanValue in interface Expression

Overrides:

effectiveBooleanValue in class ComputedExpression

Parameters:

context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated

Returns:

the effective boolean value

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Determine the data type of the expression

Parameters:

th -

Returns:

Type.BOOLEAN