net.sf.saxon.functions

Class Compare

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.om.AbstractItem

net.sf.saxon.functions.AbstractFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunctionFixed

net.sf.saxon.functions.Compare

All Implemented Interfaces:

PullEvent, Callable, Function, GroundedValue, Item, Sequence

public class Compare
extends CollatingFunctionFixed

This class implements the XPath 2.0 fn:compare() function

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Compare()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ZeroOrOne<Int64Value>	call(XPathContext context, Sequence[] arguments) Invoke the function

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

exportAttributes, getAtomicComparer, getPreAllocatedAtomicComparer, getStringCollator, importAttributes, preAllocateComparer, setCollationName, setRetainedStaticContext

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

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

Constructor Detail

Compare

public Compare()

Method Detail

call

public ZeroOrOne<Int64Value> call(XPathContext context,
                         Sequence[] arguments)
                           throws XPathException

Description copied from interface: Function

Invoke the function

Parameters:

context - the XPath dynamic evaluation context

arguments - the actual arguments to be supplied

Returns:

the result of invoking the function

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs within the function