net.sf.saxon.expr
Class PathExpression

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.PathExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, ContextMappingFunction, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public final class PathExpression
extends Expression
implements ContextMappingFunction

An expression that establishes a set of nodes by following relationships between nodes in the document. Specifically, it consists of a start expression which defines a set of nodes, and a Step which defines a relationship to be followed from those nodes to create a new set of nodes.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

PathExpression(Expression start, Expression step)
Constructor

Method Summary

PathMap.PathMapNodeSet	addToPathMap(PathMap pathMap, PathMap.PathMapNodeSet pathMapNodeSet) Add a representation of this expression to a PathMap.
int	computeCardinality() Determine the static cardinality of the expression
int	computeDependencies() Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on.
int	computeSpecialProperties() Get the static properties of this expression (other than its type).
Expression	copy() Copy an expression.
boolean	equals(Object other) Is this expression the same as another expression?
void	explain(ExpressionPresenter destination) Diagnostic print of expression structure.
Expression	getFirstStep() Get the first step in this expression.
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the items returned by this exprssion
Expression	getLastStep() Get the last step of the path expression
Expression	getLeadingSteps() Get a path expression consisting of all steps except the last
Expression	getRemainingSteps() Get all steps after the first.
Expression	getStartExpression() Get the start expression (the left-hand operand)
Expression	getStepExpression() Get the step expression (the right-hand operand)
int	hashCode() get HashCode for comparing two expressions
boolean	hasLoopingSubexpression(Expression child) Given an expression that is an immediate child of this expression, test whether the evaluation of the parent expression causes the child expression to be evaluated repeatedly
boolean	isAbsolute(TypeHierarchy th) Test whether a path expression is an absolute path - that is, a path whose first step selects a document node
SequenceIterator	iterate(XPathContext context) Iterate the path-expression in a given context
Iterator	iterateSubExpressions() Get the immediate subexpressions of this expression
SequenceIterator	map(XPathContext context) Mapping function, from a node returned by the start iteration, to a sequence returned by the child.
Expression	optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType) Optimize the expression and perform type analysis
Expression	promote(PromotionOffer offer) Promote this expression if possible
boolean	replaceSubExpression(Expression original, Expression replacement) Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
Expression	simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Simplify an expression
String	toString() The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression in an XPath-like form, but there is no guarantee that the syntax will actually be true XPath.
PathExpression	tryToMakeAbsolute(TypeHierarchy th) Test whether a path expression is an absolute path - that is, a path whose first step selects a document node; if not, see if it can be converted to an absolute path.
Expression	typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType) Perform type analysis

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

adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeStaticProperties, display, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, evaluateItem, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, 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

PathExpression

public PathExpression(Expression start,
                      Expression step)

Constructor

Parameters:

start - A node-set expression denoting the absolute or relative set of nodes from which the navigation path should start.

step - The step to be followed from each node in the start expression to yield a new node-set

Method Detail

getStartExpression

public Expression getStartExpression()

Get the start expression (the left-hand operand)

Returns:

the left-hand operand

getStepExpression

public Expression getStepExpression()

Get the step expression (the right-hand operand)

Returns:

the right-hand operand

getItemType

public final ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Determine the data type of the items returned by this exprssion

Specified by:

getItemType in class Expression

Parameters:

th - the type hierarchy cache

Returns:

the type of the step

simplify

public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException

Simplify an expression

Overrides:

simplify in class Expression

Parameters:

visitor - the expression visitor

Returns:

the simplified expression

Throws:

XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException

Perform type analysis

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)

optimize

public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                           ItemType contextItemType)
                    throws XPathException

Optimize the expression and perform type analysis

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)

promote

public Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
                   throws XPathException

Promote this expression if possible

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

iterateSubExpressions

public Iterator iterateSubExpressions()

Get the immediate subexpressions of this expression

Overrides:

iterateSubExpressions in class Expression

Returns:

an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression

hasLoopingSubexpression

public boolean hasLoopingSubexpression(Expression child)

Given an expression that is an immediate child of this expression, test whether the evaluation of the parent expression causes the child expression to be evaluated repeatedly

Overrides:

hasLoopingSubexpression in class Expression

Parameters:

child - the immediate subexpression

Returns:

true if the child expression is evaluated repeatedly

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

computeDependencies

public int computeDependencies()

Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on. The result is a bitwise-or'ed value composed from constants such as XPathContext.VARIABLES and XPathContext.CURRENT_NODE

Overrides:

computeDependencies in class Expression

Returns:

the depencies, as a bit-mask

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

computeSpecialProperties

public int computeSpecialProperties()

Get the static properties of this expression (other than its type). The result is bit-signficant. These properties are used for optimizations. In general, if property bit is set, it is true, but if it is unset, the value is unknown.

Returns:

the special properties, as a bit-significant integer

computeCardinality

public int computeCardinality()

Determine the static cardinality of the expression

Returns:

the computed cardinality, as one of the values StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE, StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Is this expression the same as another expression?

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

get HashCode for comparing two expressions

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

getFirstStep

public Expression getFirstStep()

Get the first step in this expression. A path expression A/B/C is represented as (A/B)/C, but the first step is A

Returns:

the first step in the expression, after expanding any nested path expressions

getRemainingSteps

public Expression getRemainingSteps()

Get all steps after the first. This is complicated by the fact that A/B/C is represented as ((A/B)/C; we are required to return B/C

Returns:

a path expression containing all steps in this path expression other than the first, after expanding any nested path expressions

getLastStep

public Expression getLastStep()

Get the last step of the path expression

Returns:

the last step in the expression, after expanding any nested path expressions

getLeadingSteps

public Expression getLeadingSteps()

Get a path expression consisting of all steps except the last

Returns:

a path expression containing all steps in this path expression other than the last, after expanding any nested path expressions

isAbsolute

public boolean isAbsolute(TypeHierarchy th)

Test whether a path expression is an absolute path - that is, a path whose first step selects a document node

Parameters:

th - the type hierarchy cache

Returns:

true if the first step in this path expression selects a document node

tryToMakeAbsolute

public PathExpression tryToMakeAbsolute(TypeHierarchy th)

Test whether a path expression is an absolute path - that is, a path whose first step selects a document node; if not, see if it can be converted to an absolute path. This is possible in cases where the path expression has the form a/b/c and it is known that the context item is a document node; in this case it is safe to change the path expression to /a/b/c

Parameters:

th - the type hierarchy cache

Returns:

the path expression if it is absolute; the converted path expression if it can be made absolute; or null if neither condition applies.

addToPathMap

public PathMap.PathMapNodeSet addToPathMap(PathMap pathMap,
                                           PathMap.PathMapNodeSet pathMapNodeSet)

Add a representation of this expression to a PathMap. The PathMap captures a map of the nodes visited by an expression in a source tree.

Overrides:

addToPathMap in class Expression

Parameters:

pathMap - the PathMap to which the expression should be added

pathMapNodeSet -

Returns:

the pathMapNode representing the focus established by this expression, in the case where this expression is the first operand of a path expression or filter expression

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException

Iterate the path-expression in a given context

Specified by:

iterate in interface SequenceIterable

Overrides:

iterate in class Expression

Parameters:

context - the evaluation context

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

map

public SequenceIterator map(XPathContext context)
                     throws XPathException

Mapping function, from a node returned by the start iteration, to a sequence returned by the child.

Specified by:

map in interface ContextMappingFunction

Parameters:

context - The processing context. The item to be mapped is the context item identified from this context: the values of position() and last() also relate to the set of items being mapped

Returns:

a SequenceIterator over the sequence of items that the supplied input item maps to

Throws:

XPathException

toString

public String toString()

The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression in an XPath-like form, but there is no guarantee that the syntax will actually be true XPath. In the case of XSLT instructions, the toString() method gives an abstracted view of the syntax

Overrides:

toString in class Expression

explain

public void explain(ExpressionPresenter destination)

Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.

Specified by:

explain in class Expression

Parameters:

destination - the expression presenter used to display the structure