net.sf.saxon.sort
Class TupleExpression

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
      net.sf.saxon.sort.TupleExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class TupleExpression

extends ComputedExpression

A tuple expression is an expression that returns a tuple. Specifically, it is a list of n expressions, which are evaluated to create a list of n items. Tuple expressions are used during the evaluation of a FLWR expression. A tuple is not a value within the XPath/XQuery type system, so it is represented as an external object, specifically as a Java array wrapped inside an ObjectValue.

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

Constructor Summary

TupleExpression(int width)

Method Summary

int	computeCardinality() Get the cardinality of the expression.
void	display(int level, NamePool pool, java.io.PrintStream out) Diagnostic print of expression structure.
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate an expression as a single item.
int	getIntrinsicDependencies() Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived from the dependencies of its subexpressions.
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
java.util.Iterator	iterateSubExpressions() Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
Expression	optimize(Optimizer opt, StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType) Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
Expression	promote(PromotionOffer offer) Offer promotion for this subexpression.
void	setExpression(int i, Expression exp)
Expression	simplify(StaticContext env) Simplify an expression.
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, computeDependencies, computeSpecialProperties, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, 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

TupleExpression

public TupleExpression(int width)

Method Detail

setExpression

public void setExpression(int i,
                          Expression exp)

simplify

public Expression simplify(StaticContext env)
                    throws XPathException

Description copied from class: ComputedExpression

Simplify an expression. This performs any static optimization (by rewriting the expression as a different expression). The default implementation does nothing.

Specified by:

simplify in interface Expression

Overrides:

simplify in class ComputedExpression

Returns:

the simplified expression

Throws:

XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

promote

public Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
                   throws XPathException

Description copied from class: ComputedExpression

Offer promotion for this subexpression. The offer will be accepted if the subexpression is not dependent on the factors (e.g. the context item) identified in the PromotionOffer. By default the offer is not accepted - this is appropriate in the case of simple expressions such as constant values and variable references where promotion would give no performance advantage. This method is always called at compile time.

Specified by:

promote in interface Expression

Overrides:

promote in class ComputedExpression

Parameters:

offer - details of the offer, for example the offer to move expressions that don't depend on the context to an outer level in the containing expression

Returns:

if the offer is not accepted, return this expression unchanged. Otherwise return the result of rewriting the expression to promote this subexpression

Throws:

XPathException - if any error is detected

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Description copied from interface: Expression

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)

typeCheck

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

Description copied from interface: Expression

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:

XPathException

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

display

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

Description copied from interface: Expression

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

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Description copied from class: ComputedExpression

Evaluate an expression as a single item. This always returns either a single Item or null (denoting the empty sequence). No conversion is done. This method should not be used unless the static type of the expression is a subtype of "item" or "item?": that is, it should not be called if the expression may return a sequence. There is no guarantee that this condition will be detected.

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

computeCardinality

public int computeCardinality()

Get the cardinality of the expression. This is exactly one, in the sense that evaluating the TupleExpression returns a single tuple.

Specified by:

computeCardinality in class ComputedExpression

Returns:

the static cardinality - EXACTLY_ONE

getIntrinsicDependencies

public int getIntrinsicDependencies()

Description copied from class: ComputedExpression

Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived from the dependencies of its subexpressions. For example, position() has an intrinsic dependency on the context position, while (position()+1) does not. The default implementation of the method returns 0, indicating "no dependencies".

Overrides:

getIntrinsicDependencies in class ComputedExpression

Returns:

a set of bit-significant flags identifying the "intrinsic" dependencies. The flags are documented in class net.sf.saxon.value.StaticProperty

iterateSubExpressions

public java.util.Iterator iterateSubExpressions()

Description copied from class: ComputedExpression

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