net.sf.saxon.expr

Interface MappingFunction<F extends Item<?>,T extends Item<?>>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompiledAxisMappingFunction, ForExpression.MappingAction, ForSequenceMappingAction, StandardCollectionURIResolver.FileExpander

public interface MappingFunction<F extends Item<?>,T extends Item<?>>

MappingFunction is an interface that must be satisfied by an object passed to a MappingIterator. It represents an object which, given an Item, can return a SequenceIterator that delivers a sequence of zero or more Items.

It maps an item of class F to a sequence of items of class T, returned as an iterator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SequenceIterator<? extends T>	map(F item) Map one item to a sequence.

Method Detail

map

SequenceIterator<? extends T> map(F item)
                           throws XPathException

Map one item to a sequence.

Parameters:

item - The item to be mapped.

Returns:

one of the following: (a) a SequenceIterator over the sequence of items that the supplied input item maps to, or (b) null if it maps to an empty sequence.

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs