com.saxonica.extra
Class StreamingCopy

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      extended by com.saxonica.extra.StreamingCopy
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class StreamingCopy
extends Expression

This class performs a streaming copy of selected nodes within a document. The document is read in another thread using a SAX (push) parser, with a filter that selects the required nodes on the fly. When such a node is encountered, a TinyBuilder is created and events for the subtree rooted at that node are pushed to the TinyBuilder to build this subtree. The root nodes of these subtrees are placed in a cyclic buffer (the Conduit where they can be read in pull mode and delivered as the result of a SequenceIterator. The tree for the document as a whole is never built.

This class enables expressions such as <xsl:copy-of select="doc('a.xml')//customer"/> to be processed serially without ever instantiating a.xml in memory. This is only possible when there is an explicit request to make a copy, because it is then known that there is no dependency on the node identity of nodes in a.xml.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD
 
Method Summary
 int computeDependencies()
          Compute the dependencies of an expression, as the union of the dependencies of its subexpressions.
 int computeSpecialProperties()
          Compute the special properties of this expression.
 Expression copy()
          Copy an expression.
 void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)
          Diagnostic print of expression structure.
 int getImplementationMethod()
          An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
 ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
          Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
 SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
          Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence.
 Iterator iterateSubExpressions()
          Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
 Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
 void process(XPathContext context)
          Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls
 Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
          Offer promotion for this subexpression.
 boolean replaceSubExpression(Expression original, Expression replacement)
          Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
 Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeStaticProperties, display, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, evaluateItem, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, iterateEvents, markTailFunctionCalls, setContainer, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, simplify, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

optimize

public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                           ItemType contextItemType)
                    throws XPathException
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.

This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.

Overrides:
optimize in class Expression
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE
Returns:
the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution
Throws:
XPathException - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException
Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.

This checks statically that the operands of the expression have the correct type; if necessary it generates code to do run-time type checking or type conversion. A static type error is reported only if execution cannot possibly succeed, that is, if a run-time type error is inevitable. The call may return a modified form of the expression.

This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable. However, the types of such functions and variables may not be accurately known if they have not been explicitly declared.

Overrides:
typeCheck in class Expression
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE
Returns:
the original expression, rewritten to perform necessary run-time type checks, and to perform other type-related optimizations
Throws:
XPathException - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

copy

public Expression copy()
Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.

Specified by:
copy in class Expression
Returns:
the copy of the original expression

promote

public Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
                   throws XPathException
Offer promotion for this subexpression. The offer will be accepted if the subexpression is not dependent on the factors (e.g. the context item) identified in the PromotionOffer. By default the offer is not accepted - this is appropriate in the case of simple expressions such as constant values and variable references where promotion would give no performance advantage. This method is always called at compile time.

Overrides:
promote in class Expression
Parameters:
offer - details of the offer, for example the offer to move expressions that don't depend on the context to an outer level in the containing expression
Returns:
if the offer is not accepted, return this expression unchanged. Otherwise return the result of rewriting the expression to promote this subexpression
Throws:
XPathException - if any error is detected

explain

public void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)
Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.

Specified by:
explain in class Expression
Parameters:
out - the expression presenter used to display the structure

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Determine the data type of the expression, if possible. All expression return sequences, in general; this method determines the type of the items within the sequence, assuming that (a) this is known in advance, and (b) it is the same for all items in the sequence.

This method should always return a result, though it may be the best approximation that is available at the time.

Specified by:
getItemType in class Expression
Parameters:
th - the type hierarchy cache
Returns:
a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

computeDependencies

public int computeDependencies()
Compute the dependencies of an expression, as the union of the dependencies of its subexpressions. (This is overridden for path expressions and filter expressions, where the dependencies of a subexpression are not all propogated). This method should be called only once, to compute the dependencies; after that, getDependencies should be used.

Overrides:
computeDependencies in class Expression
Returns:
the depencies, as a bit-mask

computeSpecialProperties

public int computeSpecialProperties()
Description copied from class: Expression
Compute the special properties of this expression. These properties are denoted by a bit-significant integer, possible values are in class StaticProperty. The "special" properties are properties other than cardinality and dependencies, and most of them relate to properties of node sequences, for example whether the nodes are in document order.

Returns:
the special properties, as a bit-significant integer

iterateSubExpressions

public Iterator iterateSubExpressions()
Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no sub-expressions.

Overrides:
iterateSubExpressions in class Expression
Returns:
an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression

replaceSubExpression

public boolean replaceSubExpression(Expression original,
                                    Expression replacement)
Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression

Overrides:
replaceSubExpression in class Expression
Parameters:
original - the original subexpression
replacement - the replacement subexpression
Returns:
true if the original subexpression is found

getImplementationMethod

public int getImplementationMethod()
An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process(). This method indicates which of these methods is prefered.

Overrides:
getImplementationMethod in class Expression
Returns:
the implementation method, for example Expression.ITERATE_METHOD or Expression.EVALUATE_METHOD or Expression.PROCESS_METHOD

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException
Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence. The value of every expression can be regarded as a sequence, so this method is supported for all expressions. This default implementation handles iteration for expressions that return singleton values: for non-singleton expressions, the subclass must provide its own implementation.

Specified by:
iterate in interface SequenceIterable
Overrides:
iterate in class Expression
Parameters:
context - supplies the context for evaluation
Returns:
a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result of the expression
Throws:
XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

process

public void process(XPathContext context)
             throws XPathException
Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls

Overrides:
process in class Expression
Parameters:
context - The dynamic context, giving access to the current node, the current variables, etc.
Throws:
XPathException


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