net.sf.saxon.functions
Class Compare

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
          net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
              net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
                  net.sf.saxon.functions.Compare

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Compare

extends CollatingFunction

XSLT 2.0 compare() function

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction

conversionContext

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

operation

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

argument

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

Compare()

Method Summary

Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate the expression

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

checkArguments, getAtomicComparer, getCollator, preEvaluateCollation

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

addContextDocumentArgument, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, display, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, getRequiredType, main, makeSystemFunction, setDetails, useContextItemAsDefault

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

checkArgumentCount, getDisplayName, getFunctionNameCode, getNumberOfArguments, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, preEvaluate, promote, setArguments, setFunctionNameCode, simplify, simplifyArguments, typeCheck

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

adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, 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, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Compare

public Compare()

Method Detail

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