net.sf.saxon.om

Interface AtomicSequence

All Superinterfaces:

GroundedValue, java.lang.Iterable<AtomicValue>, Sequence

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnyURIValue, AtomicArray, AtomicValue, Base64BinaryValue, BigDecimalValue, BigIntegerValue, BooleanValue, CalendarValue, CompactStringValue, DateTimeValue, DateValue, DayTimeDurationValue, DecimalValue, DoubleValue, DurationValue, EmptyAtomicSequence, FloatValue, GDateValue, GDayValue, GMonthDayValue, GMonthValue, GYearMonthValue, GYearValue, HexBinaryValue, Int64Value, IntegerRange, IntegerValue, NestedIntegerValue, NotationValue, NumericValue, QNameValue, QualifiedNameValue, StringValue, TimeValue, UntypedAtomicValue, YearMonthDurationValue

public interface AtomicSequence
extends Sequence, GroundedValue, java.lang.Iterable<AtomicValue>

Interface representing a sequence of atomic values. This is often used to represent the typed value of a node. In most cases the typed value of a node is a single atomic value, so the class AtomicValue implements this interface.

An AtomicSequence is always represented as a GroundedValue: that is, the entire sequence is in memory, making operations such as itemAt(int) and getLength() possible.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.CharSequence	getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation() Get the canonical lexical representation as defined in XML Schema.
int	getLength() Get the length of the sequence
java.lang.Comparable	getSchemaComparable() Get a Comparable value that implements the XML Schema ordering comparison semantics for this value.
java.lang.String	getStringValue() Get a string representation of the sequence.
java.lang.CharSequence	getStringValueCS() Get a string representation of the sequence.
AtomicValue	head() Get the first item in the sequence
AtomicValue	itemAt(int n) Get the Nth item in the sequence, zero-based
AtomicIterator	iterate() Make an iterator over the items in the sequence

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

effectiveBooleanValue, reduce, subsequence

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, iterator, spliterator

Method Detail

head

AtomicValue head()

Get the first item in the sequence

Specified by:

head in interface GroundedValue

Specified by:

head in interface Sequence

Returns:

the first item in the sequence, or null if the sequence is empty

iterate

AtomicIterator iterate()

Make an iterator over the items in the sequence

Specified by:

iterate in interface GroundedValue

Specified by:

iterate in interface Sequence

Returns:

an interator over the items in the sequence

itemAt

AtomicValue itemAt(int n)

Get the Nth item in the sequence, zero-based

Specified by:

itemAt in interface GroundedValue

Parameters:

n - the index of the required item, with 0 representing the first item in the sequence

Returns:

the Nth item in the sequence, or null if the index is out of range

getLength

int getLength()

Get the length of the sequence

Specified by:

getLength in interface GroundedValue

Returns:

the number of items in the sequence

getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation

java.lang.CharSequence getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation()

Get the canonical lexical representation as defined in XML Schema. This is not always the same as the result of casting to a string according to the XPath rules.

Returns:

the canonical lexical representation if defined in XML Schema; otherwise, the result of casting to string according to the XPath 2.0 rules

getSchemaComparable

java.lang.Comparable getSchemaComparable()

Get a Comparable value that implements the XML Schema ordering comparison semantics for this value. The default implementation is written to compare sequences of atomic values. This method is overridden for AtomicValue and its subclasses.

In the case of data types that are partially ordered, the returned Comparable extends the standard semantics of the compareTo() method by returning the value SequenceTool.INDETERMINATE_ORDERING when there is no defined order relationship between two given values.

Returns:

a Comparable that follows XML Schema comparison rules

getStringValueCS

java.lang.CharSequence getStringValueCS()

Get a string representation of the sequence. The is the space-separated concatenation of the result of casting each of the items in the sequence to xs:string

Specified by:

getStringValueCS in interface GroundedValue

Returns:

a whitespace-separated concatenation of the string values of the items making up the sequence, as a CharSequence.

getStringValue

java.lang.String getStringValue()

Get a string representation of the sequence. The is the space-separated concatenation of the result of casting each of the items in the sequence to xs:string

Specified by:

getStringValue in interface GroundedValue

Returns:

a whitespace-separated concatenation of the string values of the items making up the sequence, as a String.