com.saxonica.extra
Class DynamicFunction

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
          net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
              net.sf.saxon.functions.CompileTimeFunction
                  com.saxonica.extra.DynamicFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class DynamicFunction
extends CompileTimeFunction

This class implements the extension function saxon:function(), which returns a FirstClassFunction object representing the function named in the first argument. The second argument is the arity of the required function.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

DynamicFunction()

Method Summary

Expression

simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Simplify the function call.

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

evaluateItem, iterate, preEvaluate

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

addDocToPathMap, checkArguments, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, copy, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails

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

addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, equals, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionName, getNumberOfArguments, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionName, toString, typeCheck

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

addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, display, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, iterateEvents, markTailFunctionCalls, process, setContainer, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DynamicFunction

public DynamicFunction()

Method Detail

simplify

public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException

Description copied from class: FunctionCall

Simplify the function call. Default method is to simplify each of the supplied arguments and evaluate the function if all are now known.

Overrides:

simplify in class FunctionCall

Parameters:

visitor - an expression visitor

Returns:

the simplified expression

Throws:

XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting