net.sf.saxon.instruct
Class SimpleContentConstructor

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      extended by net.sf.saxon.instruct.SimpleContentConstructor
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider
Direct Known Subclasses:
QuerySimpleContentConstructor

public class SimpleContentConstructor
extends Expression

This class implements the rules for an XSLT (or XQuery) simple content constructor, which are used in constructing the string value of an attribute node, text node, comment node, etc, from the value of the select expression or the contained sequence constructor.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD
 
Constructor Summary
SimpleContentConstructor(Expression select, Expression separator)
          Create a SimpleContentConstructor
 
Method Summary
 Expression copy()
          Copy an expression.
 Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
          Evaluate an expression as a single item.
 void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)
          Diagnostic print of expression structure.
 int getImplementationMethod()
          An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
 ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
          Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
 Expression getSelectExpression()
          Get the select expression
 Expression getSeparatorExpression()
          Get the separator expression
 boolean isAtomic()
          Determine if the select expression is atomic
 boolean isSingleton()
          Determine whether the select expression is a singleton (an expression returning zero or one items)
 Iterator iterateSubExpressions()
          Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
 Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
 Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
          Offer promotion for this subexpression.
 boolean replaceSubExpression(Expression original, Expression replacement)
          Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
 Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Simplify an expression.
 Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.
 
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, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, iterate, iterateEvents, markTailFunctionCalls, process, setContainer, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SimpleContentConstructor

public SimpleContentConstructor(Expression select,
                                Expression separator)
Create a SimpleContentConstructor

Parameters:
select - the select expression (which computes a sequence of strings)
separator - the separator expression (which computes a value to separate adjacent strings)
Method Detail

getSelectExpression

public Expression getSelectExpression()
Get the select expression

Returns:
the select expression

getSeparatorExpression

public Expression getSeparatorExpression()
Get the separator expression

Returns:
the separator expression

isSingleton

public boolean isSingleton()
Determine whether the select expression is a singleton (an expression returning zero or one items)

Returns:
true if the select expression will always be of length zero or one

isAtomic

public boolean isAtomic()
Determine if the select expression is atomic

Returns:
true if the select expression always returns atomic values

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

simplify

public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                    throws XPathException
Simplify an expression. This performs any static optimization (by rewriting the expression as a different expression). The default implementation does nothing.

Overrides:
simplify in class Expression
Parameters:
visitor - an 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
Description copied from class: Expression
Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions. This is the second phase of static optimization.

This checks statically that the operands of the expression have the correct type; if necessary it generates code to do run-time type checking or type conversion. A static type error is reported only if execution cannot possibly succeed, that is, if a run-time type error is inevitable. The call may return a modified form of the expression.

This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable. However, the types of such functions and variables may not be accurately known if they have not been explicitly declared.

If the implementation returns a value other than "this", then it is required to ensure that the parent pointer and location information in the returned expression have been set up correctly. It should not rely on the caller to do this, although for historical reasons many callers do so.

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
Description copied from class: Expression
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions. This is the third and final phase of static optimization.

This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.

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)

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Determine the data type of the expression, if possible. All expression return sequences, in general; this method determines the type of the items within the sequence, assuming that (a) this is known in advance, and (b) it is the same for all items in the sequence.

This method should always return a result, though it may be the best approximation that is available at the time.

Specified by:
getItemType in class Expression
Parameters:
th - the type hierarchy cache
Returns:
a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

explain

public void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)
Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.

Specified by:
explain in class Expression
Parameters:
out - the expression presenter used to display the structure

iterateSubExpressions

public Iterator iterateSubExpressions()
Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no sub-expressions.

Overrides:
iterateSubExpressions in class Expression
Returns:
an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression

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

promote

public Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
                   throws XPathException
Offer promotion for this subexpression. The offer will be accepted if the subexpression is not dependent on the factors (e.g. the context item) identified in the PromotionOffer. By default the offer is not accepted - this is appropriate in the case of simple expressions such as constant values and variable references where promotion would give no performance advantage. This method is always called at compile time.

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

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException
Evaluate an expression as a single item. This always returns either a single Item or null (denoting the empty sequence). No conversion is done. This method should not be used unless the static type of the expression is a subtype of "item" or "item?": that is, it should not be called if the expression may return a sequence. There is no guarantee that this condition will be detected.

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

getImplementationMethod

public int getImplementationMethod()
An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process(). This method indicates which of these methods is prefered.

Overrides:
getImplementationMethod in class Expression
Returns:
the implementation method, for example Expression.ITERATE_METHOD or Expression.EVALUATE_METHOD or Expression.PROCESS_METHOD


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