net.sf.saxon.expr

Class PseudoExpression

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

net.sf.saxon.expr.PseudoExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

IdentityComparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Pattern, SortKeyDefinition, SortKeyDefinitionList

public abstract class PseudoExpression
extends Expression

A pseudo-expression is an object that can appear as a node on the expression tree, but which cannot actually be evaluated in its own right. An example is a sort key definition. This has to be a node on the tree, because it contains subexpressions, so recursive traversals of the tree need to process it. But evaluating a sort key definition throws an exception.

A constraint for pseudo-expressions is that rewrite methods (simplify, typecheck, promote etc) always return an object of the same class (nearly always the same object)

Field Summary

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

EFFECTIVE_BOOLEAN_VALUE, EVALUATE_METHOD, ITEM_FEED_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH, MAX_STRING_LENGTH, PROCESS_METHOD, staticProperties, UNBOUNDED_LOWER, UNBOUNDED_UPPER, UPDATE_METHOD, WATCH_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PseudoExpression()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected int	computeCardinality() Compute the static cardinality of this expression
boolean	effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context) Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
CharSequence	evaluateAsString(XPathContext context) Evaluate an expression as a String.
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate an expression as a single item.
int	getImplementationMethod() An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
ItemType	getItemType() Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
SequenceIterator	iterate(XPathContext context) Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence.
EventIterator	iterateEvents(XPathContext context) Deliver the result of the expression as a sequence of events.
void	process(XPathContext context) Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls

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

addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkedOperands, checkForUpdatingSubexpressions, checkPermittedContents, clearStreamabilityData, computeDependencies, computeSpecialProperties, computeStaticProperties, copy, doPromotion, dynamicError, evaluatePendingUpdates, explain, export, getCardinality, getConfiguration, getConstructType, getCost, getDependencies, getEvaluationMethod, getExpressionCompiler, getExpressionName, getHostLanguage, getIntegerBounds, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLocation, getNetCost, getObjectName, getPackageData, getParentExpression, getPosture, getPostureAndSweepIfKnown, getProperties, getProperty, getRetainedStaticContext, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getStaticBaseURI, getStaticBaseURIString, getStreamability, getStreamingAdjunct, getSweep, getSystemId, hasVariableBinding, identityHashCode, implementsStaticTypeCheck, isCallOn, isCallOnSystemFunction, isIdentical, isSubtreeExpression, isUpdatingExpression, isVacuousExpression, makeStreamingAdjunct, markTailFunctionCalls, operandList, operands, operandSparseList, optimize, optimizeChildren, optimizeForType, promote, promoteChildren, resetLocalStaticProperties, restoreParentPointers, setEvaluationMethod, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocation, setParentExpression, setPostureAndSweep, setRetainedStaticContext, setRetainedStaticContextLocally, setStaticProperty, simplify, simplifyChildren, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, toPattern, toShortString, toStreamingPattern, toString, typeCheck, typeCheckChildren, typeError, unordered

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PseudoExpression

public PseudoExpression()

Method Detail

getImplementationMethod

public int getImplementationMethod()

Description copied from class: Expression

An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process(). This method indicates which of these methods is provided directly. The other methods will always be available indirectly, using an implementation that relies on one of the other methods.

Specified by:

getImplementationMethod in class Expression

Returns:

the implementation method, for example Expression.ITERATE_METHOD or Expression.EVALUATE_METHOD or Expression.PROCESS_METHOD

computeCardinality

protected final int computeCardinality()

Description copied from class: Expression

Compute the static cardinality of this expression

Specified by:

computeCardinality in class Expression

Returns:

the computed cardinality, as one of the values StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE, StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType()

Description copied from class: 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.

Specified by:

getItemType in class Expression

Returns:

a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

evaluateItem

public final Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                        throws XPathException

Description copied from class: Expression

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.

Overrides:

evaluateItem in class Expression

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: Expression

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.

Overrides:

effectiveBooleanValue in class Expression

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

evaluateAsString

public final CharSequence evaluateAsString(XPathContext context)
                                    throws XPathException

Description copied from class: Expression

Evaluate an expression as a String. This function must only be called in contexts where it is known that the expression will return a single string (or where an empty sequence is to be treated as a zero-length string). Implementations should not attempt to convert the result to a string, other than converting () to "". This method is used mainly to evaluate expressions produced by compiling an attribute value template.

Overrides:

evaluateAsString in class Expression

Parameters:

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

Returns:

the value of the expression, evaluated in the current context. The expression must return a string or (); if the value of the expression is (), this method returns "".

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

iterate

public final SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                               throws XPathException

Description copied from class: Expression

Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence. The value of every expression can be regarded as a sequence, so this method is supported for all expressions. This default implementation handles iteration for expressions that return singleton values: for non-singleton expressions, the subclass must provide its own implementation.

Overrides:

iterate in class Expression

Parameters:

context - supplies the context for evaluation

Returns:

a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result of the expression

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

iterateEvents

public final EventIterator iterateEvents(XPathContext context)
                                  throws XPathException

Description copied from class: Expression

Deliver the result of the expression as a sequence of events.

The events (of class PullEvent) are either complete items, or one of startElement, endElement, startDocument, or endDocument, known as semi-nodes. The stream of events may also include a nested EventIterator. If a start-end pair exists in the sequence, then the events between this pair represent the content of the document or element. The content sequence will have been processed to the extent that any attribute and namespace nodes in the content sequence will have been merged into the startElement event. Namespace fixup will have been performed: that is, unique prefixes will have been allocated to element and attribute nodes, and all namespaces will be declared by means of a namespace node in the startElement event or in an outer startElement forming part of the sequence. However, duplicate namespaces may appear in the sequence.

The content of an element or document may include adjacent or zero-length text nodes, atomic values, and nodes represented as nodes rather than broken down into events.

Overrides:

iterateEvents in class Expression

Parameters:

context - The dynamic evaluation context

Returns:

the result of the expression as an iterator over a sequence of PullEvent objects

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during expression evaluation

process

public void process(XPathContext context)
             throws XPathException

Description copied from class: Expression

Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls

Overrides:

process in class Expression

Parameters:

context - The dynamic context, giving access to the current node, the current variables, etc.

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs