net.sf.saxon.expr
Class IdentityComparison

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.BinaryExpression
          extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.IdentityComparison
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public final class IdentityComparison
extends BinaryExpression

IdentityComparison: a boolean expression that compares two nodes for equals, not-equals, greater-than or less-than based on identity and document ordering

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD
 
Constructor Summary
IdentityComparison(Expression p1, int op, Expression p2)
          Create an identity comparison identifying the two operands and the operator
 
Method Summary
 Expression copy()
          Copy an expression.
 boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
          Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
 Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
          Evaluate the expression
 ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
          Determine the data type of the expression
 boolean isGenerateIdEmulation()
          Test the flag that indicates different empty-sequence behavior when emulating comparison of two generate-id's
 Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
 void setGenerateIdEmulation(boolean flag)
          Set flag to indicate different empty-sequence behavior when emulating comparison of two generate-id's
 Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Type-check the expression
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.BinaryExpression
computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, equals, explain, getOperands, getOperator, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, promote, replaceSubExpression, setFlattened, simplify, toString
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, display, doPromotion, evaluateAsString, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, iterate, iterateEvents, markTailFunctionCalls, process, setContainer, setFiltered, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

IdentityComparison

public IdentityComparison(Expression p1,
                          int op,
                          Expression p2)
Create an identity comparison identifying the two operands and the operator

Parameters:
p1 - the left-hand operand
op - the operator, as a token returned by the Tokenizer (e.g. Token.LT)
p2 - the right-hand operand
Method Detail

setGenerateIdEmulation

public void setGenerateIdEmulation(boolean flag)
Set flag to indicate different empty-sequence behavior when emulating comparison of two generate-id's

Parameters:
flag - true if this function is being used to compare generate-id() output

isGenerateIdEmulation

public boolean isGenerateIdEmulation()
Test the flag that indicates different empty-sequence behavior when emulating comparison of two generate-id's

Returns:
true if this function is being used to compare generate-id() output

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException
Type-check the expression

Overrides:
typeCheck in class BinaryExpression
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)

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 BinaryExpression
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)

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

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException
Evaluate the expression

Specified by:
evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem
Overrides:
evaluateItem in class Expression
Parameters:
context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
Returns:
the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty sequence
Throws:
XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
                              throws XPathException
Description copied from class: Expression
Get the effective boolean value of the expression. This returns false if the value is the empty sequence, a zero-length string, a number equal to zero, or the boolean false. Otherwise it returns true.

Overrides:
effectiveBooleanValue in class Expression
Parameters:
context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
Returns:
the effective boolean value
Throws:
XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Determine the data type of the expression

Specified by:
getItemType in class Expression
Parameters:
th - the type hierarchy cache
Returns:
Type.BOOLEAN


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