net.sf.saxon.functions
Class DistinctValues

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
          extended by net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
              extended by net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
                  extended by net.sf.saxon.functions.DistinctValues
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class DistinctValues
extends CollatingFunction

The XPath 2.0 distinct-values() function

See Also:
Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
static class DistinctValues.DistinctIterator
          Iterator class to return the distinct values in a sequence
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD
 
Constructor Summary
DistinctValues()
           
 
Method Summary
 void checkArguments(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Method called during static type checking
 AtomicComparer getAtomicComparer()
          Get the AtomicComparer allocated at compile time.
 SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
          Evaluate the function to return an iteration of selected values or nodes.
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
copy, getExpressionBaseURI, getStringCollator
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
addDocToPathMap, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, equals, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionName, getNumberOfArguments, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, preEvaluate, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionName, simplify, toString, typeCheck
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, display, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, evaluateItem, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, 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

DistinctValues

public DistinctValues()
Method Detail

checkArguments

public void checkArguments(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException
Description copied from class: SystemFunction
Method called during static type checking

Overrides:
checkArguments in class CollatingFunction
Parameters:
visitor - the expression visitor
Throws:
XPathException

getAtomicComparer

public AtomicComparer getAtomicComparer()
Get the AtomicComparer allocated at compile time.

Returns:
the AtomicComparer if one has been allocated at compile time; return null if the collation is not known until run-time

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException
Evaluate the function to return an iteration of selected values or nodes.

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


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