net.sf.saxon.xpath

Class XPathExpressionImpl

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.xpath.XPathExpressionImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

XPathExpression

public class XPathExpressionImpl
extends Object
implements XPathExpression

The JAXP XPathExpression interface represents a compiled XPath expression that can be repeatedly evaluated. This class is Saxon's implementation of that interface.

The class also includes some methods retained from Saxon's original XPath API. When these methods are used, the object contains the context node and other state, so it is not thread-safe.

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	XPathExpressionImpl(Expression exp, Executable exec) The constructor is protected, to ensure that instances can only be created using the compile() method of XPathEvaluator

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	evaluate(InputSource inputSource) Evaluate the XPath expression against an input source to obtain a string result
Object	evaluate(InputSource inputSource, QName qName) Evaluate the XPath expression against an input source to obtain a result of a specified type
String	evaluate(Object node) Evaluate the expression to return a string value
Object	evaluate(Object node, QName qName) JAXP 1.3 evaluate() method
Configuration	getConfiguration() Get the Configuration under which this XPath expression was compiled
Expression	getInternalExpression() Low-level method to get the internal Saxon expression object.
SlotManager	getStackFrameMap() Get the stack frame map.
protected void	setStackFrameMap(SlotManager map) Define the number of slots needed for local variables within the expression.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XPathExpressionImpl

protected XPathExpressionImpl(Expression exp,
                   Executable exec)

The constructor is protected, to ensure that instances can only be created using the compile() method of XPathEvaluator

Parameters:

exp - the compiled expression

exec - the executable

Method Detail

setStackFrameMap

protected void setStackFrameMap(SlotManager map)

Define the number of slots needed for local variables within the expression. This method is for internal use only.

Parameters:

map - description of the stack frame

getStackFrameMap

public SlotManager getStackFrameMap()

Get the stack frame map. This holds information about the allocation of slots to variables. This is needed by applications using low-level interfaces for evaluating the expression

Returns:

a description of the stack frame

getConfiguration

public Configuration getConfiguration()

Get the Configuration under which this XPath expression was compiled

Returns:

the Saxon configuration

evaluate

public Object evaluate(Object node,
              QName qName)
                throws XPathExpressionException

JAXP 1.3 evaluate() method

Specified by:

evaluate in interface XPathExpression

Parameters:

node - The context node. This must use a representation of nodes that this implementation understands. This may be a Saxon NodeInfo, or a node in one of the external object models supported, for example DOM, DOM4J, JDOM, or XOM, provided the support module for that object model is loaded.

Contrary to the interface specification, Saxon does not supply an empty document when the value is null. This is because XPath 2.0 allows the context item to be "absent" (null). So Saxon executes the XPath expression with the context item undefined.

qName - Indicates the type of result required. This must be one of the constants defined in the JAXP XPathConstants class. Saxon will attempt to convert the actual result of the expression to the required type using the XPath 1.0 conversion rules.

Returns:

the result of the evaluation, as a Java object of the appropriate type. Saxon interprets the rules as follows:

QName	Return Value
BOOLEAN	The effective boolean value of the actual result, as a Java Boolean object
STRING	The result of applying the string() function to the actual result, as a Java String object
NUMBER	The result of applying the number() function to the actual result, as a Java Double object
NODE	A single node, in the native data model supplied as input. If the expression returns more than one node, the first is returned. If the expression returns an empty sequence, null is returned. If the expression returns an atomic value, or if the first item in the result sequence is an atomic value, an exception is thrown.
NODESET	This is interpreted as allowing any sequence, of nodes or atomic values. If the first argument is a wrapper around a DOM Node, then the result is returned as a DOM NodeList, and an exception is then thrown if the result sequence contains a value that is not a DOM Node. In all other cases the result is returned as a Java List object, unless it is empty, in which case null is returned. The contents of the list may be node objects (in the native data model supplied as input), or Java objects representing the XPath atomic values in the actual result: String for an xs:string, Double for a xs:double, Long for an xs:integer, and so on. (For safety, cast the values to a type such as xs:string within the XPath expression).

Throws:

XPathExpressionException - if evaluation of the expression fails or if the result cannot be converted to the requested type.

evaluate

public String evaluate(Object node)
                throws XPathExpressionException

Evaluate the expression to return a string value

Specified by:

evaluate in interface XPathExpression

Parameters:

node - the initial context node. This must be either an instance of NodeInfo or a node recognized by a known external object model.

Contrary to the interface specification, Saxon does not supply an empty document when the value is null. This is because XPath 2.0 allows the context item to be "absent" (null). So Saxon executes the XPath expression with the context item undefined.

Returns:

the results of the expression, converted to a String

Throws:

XPathExpressionException - if evaluation fails

evaluate

public Object evaluate(InputSource inputSource,
              QName qName)
                throws XPathExpressionException

Evaluate the XPath expression against an input source to obtain a result of a specified type

Specified by:

evaluate in interface XPathExpression

Parameters:

inputSource - The input source document against which the expression is evaluated. (Note that there is no caching. This will be parsed, and the parsed result will be discarded.) If the supplied value is null then (contrary to the JAXP specifications), the XPath expression is evaluated with the context item undefined.

qName - The type required, identified by a constant in XPathConstants

Returns:

the result of the evaluation, as a Java object of the appropriate type: see evaluate(Object, javax.xml.namespace.QName)

Throws:

XPathExpressionException

evaluate

public String evaluate(InputSource inputSource)
                throws XPathExpressionException

Evaluate the XPath expression against an input source to obtain a string result

Specified by:

evaluate in interface XPathExpression

Parameters:

inputSource - The input source document against which the expression is evaluated. (Note that there is no caching. This will be parsed, and the parsed result will be discarded.)

Returns:

the result of the evaluation, converted to a String

Throws:

XPathExpressionException - in the event of an XPath dynamic error

NullPointerException - If inputSource is null.

getInternalExpression

public Expression getInternalExpression()

Low-level method to get the internal Saxon expression object. This exposes a wide range of internal methods that may be needed by specialized applications, and allows greater control over the dynamic context for evaluating the expression.

Returns:

the underlying Saxon expression object.