net.sf.saxon.expr
Class StringLiteral

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.Literal
          net.sf.saxon.expr.StringLiteral

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class StringLiteral
extends Literal

Subclass of Literal used specifically for string literals, as this is a common case

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

StringLiteral(CharSequence value)
Create a StringLiteral that wraps any CharSequence (including, of course, a String)

StringLiteral(StringValue value)
Create a StringLiteral that wraps a StringValue

Method Summary

String

getStringValue() Get the string represented by this StringLiteral

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

addToPathMap, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, copy, effectiveBooleanValue, equals, evaluateAsString, evaluateItem, explain, getDependencies, getItemType, getValue, hashCode, isAtomic, isConstantBoolean, isConstantOne, isEmptySequence, iterate, makeEmptySequence, makeLiteral, optimize, process, simplify, toString, typeCheck

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringLiteral

public StringLiteral(StringValue value)

Create a StringLiteral that wraps a StringValue

Parameters:

value - the StringValue

StringLiteral

public StringLiteral(CharSequence value)

Create a StringLiteral that wraps any CharSequence (including, of course, a String)

Parameters:

value - the CharSequence to be wrapped

Method Detail

getStringValue

public String getStringValue()

Get the string represented by this StringLiteral

Returns:

the underlying string