com.saxonica.functions.hof

Class RandomNumberGenerator

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.om.AbstractItem

net.sf.saxon.functions.AbstractFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

com.saxonica.functions.hof.RandomNumberGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

PullEvent, Callable, Function, GroundedValue, Item, Sequence

public class RandomNumberGenerator
extends SystemFunction
implements Callable

This class implements the function random-number-generator(), which is a standard function in XPath 3.1

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static MapType	RETURN_TYPE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RandomNumberGenerator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Sequence	call(XPathContext context, Sequence[] arguments) Call the Callable.

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

equals, export, exportAttributes, getArity, getCardinality, getContextNode, getDescription, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getExpressionCompiler, getFunctionItemType, getFunctionName, getIntegerBounds, getOperandRoles, getRequiredType, getResultItemType, getResultItemType, getRetainedStaticContext, getSpecialProperties, getStaticBaseUriString, getStreamingAdjunct, importAttributes, makeCall, makeFunction, makeFunctionCall, makeOptimizedFunctionCall, resultIfEmpty, setArity, setDetails, setRetainedStaticContext, supplyTypeInformation, typeCheckCaller

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

atomize, deepEquals, effectiveBooleanValue, getStringValue, getStringValueCS, isArray, isMap, optimize, simplify, typeCheck

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.om.AbstractItem

getLength, head, itemAt, iterate, reduce, subsequence

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Function

iterate

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Item

head

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.GroundedValue

getLength, head, itemAt, reduce, subsequence

Field Detail

RETURN_TYPE

public static final MapType RETURN_TYPE

Constructor Detail

RandomNumberGenerator

public RandomNumberGenerator()

Method Detail

call

public Sequence call(XPathContext context,
            Sequence[] arguments)
              throws XPathException

Description copied from interface: Callable

Call the Callable.

Specified by:

call in interface Callable

Specified by:

call in interface Function

Parameters:

context - the dynamic evaluation context

arguments - the values of the arguments, supplied as Sequences.

Generally it is advisable, if calling iterate() to process a supplied sequence, to call it only once; if the value is required more than once, it should first be converted to a GroundedValue by calling the utility methd SequenceTool.toGroundedValue().

If the expected value is a single item, the item should be obtained by calling Sequence.head(): it cannot be assumed that the item will be passed as an instance of Item or AtomicValue.

It is the caller's responsibility to perform any type conversions required to convert arguments to the type expected by the callee. An exception is where this Callable is explicitly an argument-converting wrapper around the original Callable.

Returns:

the result of the evaluation, in the form of a Sequence. It is the responsibility of the callee to ensure that the type of result conforms to the expected result type.

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression