net.sf.saxon.expr
Class SingletonComparison

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.BinaryExpression
          net.sf.saxon.expr.SingletonComparison

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, ComparisonExpression, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class SingletonComparison
extends BinaryExpression
implements ComparisonExpression

Class to handle comparisons of singletons. Unlike ValueComparison, this class converts untyped atomic values to the type of the other argument, and returns false (rather than ()) if either operand is ().

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

SingletonComparison(Expression p1, int operator, Expression p2)

Method Summary

int	computeCardinality() Determine the static cardinality.
boolean	convertsUntypedToOther() Determine whether untyped atomic values should be converted to the type of the other operand
Expression	copy() Copy an expression.
boolean	effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context) Evaluate the expression in a boolean context
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate the expression in a given context
AtomicComparer	getAtomicComparer() Get the AtomicComparer used to compare atomic values.
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th) Determine the data type of the expression
int	getSingletonOperator() Get the primitive (singleton) operator used: one of Token.FEQ, Token.FNE, Token.FLT, Token.FGT, Token.FLE, Token.FGE
void	setAtomicComparer(AtomicComparer comp)

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

computeSpecialProperties, equals, explain, getOperands, getOperator, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, promote, replaceSubExpression, setFlattened, simplify, toString, typeCheck

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.expr.ComparisonExpression

getOperands

Constructor Detail

SingletonComparison

public SingletonComparison(Expression p1,
                           int operator,
                           Expression p2)

Method Detail

setAtomicComparer

public void setAtomicComparer(AtomicComparer comp)

getAtomicComparer

public AtomicComparer getAtomicComparer()

Description copied from interface: ComparisonExpression

Get the AtomicComparer used to compare atomic values. This encapsulates any collation that is used

Specified by:

getAtomicComparer in interface ComparisonExpression

getSingletonOperator

public int getSingletonOperator()

Description copied from interface: ComparisonExpression

Get the primitive (singleton) operator used: one of Token.FEQ, Token.FNE, Token.FLT, Token.FGT, Token.FLE, Token.FGE

Specified by:

getSingletonOperator in interface ComparisonExpression

convertsUntypedToOther

public boolean convertsUntypedToOther()

Determine whether untyped atomic values should be converted to the type of the other operand

Specified by:

convertsUntypedToOther in interface ComparisonExpression

Returns:

true if untyped values should be converted to the type of the other operand, false if they should be converted to strings.

computeCardinality

public int computeCardinality()

Determine the static cardinality. Returns [1..1]

Overrides:

computeCardinality in class BinaryExpression

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

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

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 in a given context

Specified by:

evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem

Overrides:

evaluateItem in class Expression

Parameters:

context - the given context for evaluation

Returns:

a BooleanValue representing the result of the numeric comparison of the two operands

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
                              throws XPathException

Evaluate the expression in a boolean context

Overrides:

effectiveBooleanValue in class Expression

Parameters:

context - the given context for evaluation

Returns:

a boolean representing the result of the numeric comparison of the two operands

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression