ItemMappingFunction

All Known Implementing Classes:

AtomicSequenceConverter.AtomicSequenceMappingFunction, AtomicSequenceConverter.ToStringMappingFunction, CompiledItemMappingFunction, EmptyTextNodeRemover, ForExpression.MappingAction, ForItemMappingAction, FunctionSequenceCoercer.Coercer, IntegratedFunctionCall.ConfigurationCheckingFunction, ItemTypeCheckingFunction, KeyFn.SubtreeFilter, WherePopulated
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public interface ItemMappingFunction
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ItemMappingFunction is an interface that must be satisfied by an object passed to a ItemMappingIterator. It represents an object which, given an Item, can return either another Item, or null.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Item mapItem(Item item)
  Map one item to another item.

- Method Detail
  - mapItem
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Item mapItem(Item item)
      throws XPathException
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    Map one item to another item.
    
    Parameters:
    
    item - The input item to be mapped.
    
    Returns:
    
    either the output item, or null.
    
    Throws:
    
    XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs