net.sf.saxon.functions
Class StringLength

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.StringLength
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class StringLength
extends SystemFunction

Implement the XPath string-length() function

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD
 
Constructor Summary
StringLength()
           
 
Method Summary
 Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c)
          Evaluate in a general context
 int getIntrinsicDependencies()
          Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived from the dependencies of its subexpressions.
 Expression preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Pre-evaluate a function at compile time.
 Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Simplify and validate.
 Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Type-check the expression.
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
addDocToPathMap, checkArguments, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, copy, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, equals, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionName, getNumberOfArguments, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionName, toString
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, display, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, iterate, iterateEvents, markTailFunctionCalls, process, setContainer, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

StringLength

public StringLength()
Method Detail

simplify

public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException
Simplify and validate. This is a pure function so it can be simplified in advance if the arguments are known

Overrides:
simplify in class FunctionCall
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
Returns:
the simplified expression
Throws:
XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

getIntrinsicDependencies

public int getIntrinsicDependencies()
Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived from the dependencies of its subexpressions. For example, position() has an intrinsic dependency on the context position, while (position()+1) does not. The default implementation of the method returns 0, indicating "no dependencies".

Overrides:
getIntrinsicDependencies in class Expression
Returns:
a set of bit-significant flags identifying the "intrinsic" dependencies. The flags are documented in class net.sf.saxon.value.StaticProperty

preEvaluate

public Expression preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                       throws XPathException
Pre-evaluate a function at compile time. Functions that do not allow pre-evaluation, or that need access to context information, can override this method.

Overrides:
preEvaluate in class FunctionCall
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
Returns:
the expression, either unchanged, or pre-evaluated
Throws:
XPathException

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException
Description copied from class: FunctionCall
Type-check the expression. This also calls preEvaluate() to evaluate the function if all the arguments are constant; functions that do not require this behavior can override the preEvaluate method.

Overrides:
typeCheck in class FunctionCall
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)

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c)
                  throws XPathException
Evaluate in a general context

Specified by:
evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem
Overrides:
evaluateItem in class Expression
Parameters:
c - 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


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