net.sf.saxon.value
Class ShareableSequence

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.value.Value
      extended by net.sf.saxon.value.ShareableSequence
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SequenceIterable, ValueRepresentation

public final class ShareableSequence
extends Value

A sequence value implemented extensionally using an extensible List whose leading part can be shared with other sequence values. The list can be appended to by other users (at most one other user!), but the items within the range used by this sequence value cannot be modified.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.value.Value
EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY, INDETERMINATE_ORDERING
 
Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.ValueRepresentation
EMPTY_VALUE_ARRAY
 
Constructor Summary
ShareableSequence(List list)
          Construct an sequence from an array of items.
 
Method Summary
 boolean effectiveBooleanValue()
          Get the effective boolean value
 int getCardinality()
          Determine the cardinality
 ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
          Get the (lowest common) item type
 int getLength()
          Get the number of items in the sequence
 List getList()
          Get the underlying list
 boolean isShareable()
          Determine whether another value can share this list.
 Item itemAt(int n)
          Get the n'th item in the sequence (starting with 0 as the first item)
 SequenceIterator iterate()
          Return an iterator over this sequence.
 Value reduce()
          Reduce a value to its simplest form.
 Value simplify()
          Simplify this value
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.value.Value
asItem, asItem, asIterator, asValue, checkPermittedContents, convertJavaObjectToXPath, convertToJava, convertToJava, equals, fromItem, getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation, getIterator, getSchemaComparable, getStringValue, getStringValueCS, iterate, makeQNameValue, process, stringToNumber, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ShareableSequence

public ShareableSequence(List list)
Construct an sequence from an array of items. Note, the list of items is used as is, which means the caller must not subsequently change its contents; however it is permitted to subsequently append items to the list (indeed, that is the raison d'etre of this class)

Parameters:
list - the list of items to be included in the sequence
Method Detail

isShareable

public boolean isShareable()
Determine whether another value can share this list. This is true provided the list has not already been extended by another value.

Returns:
true if another value can share this list

getList

public List getList()
Get the underlying list

Returns:
the underlying list of values

simplify

public Value simplify()
Simplify this value

Returns:
the simplified value

reduce

public Value reduce()
Reduce a value to its simplest form. If the value is a closure or some other form of deferred value such as a FunctionCallPackage, then it is reduced to a SequenceExtent. If it is a SequenceExtent containing a single item, then it is reduced to that item. One consequence that is exploited by class FilterExpression is that if the value is a singleton numeric value, then the result will be an instance of NumericValue

Overrides:
reduce in class Value
Returns:
the value in simplified form

getLength

public int getLength()
Get the number of items in the sequence

Overrides:
getLength in class Value
Returns:
the number of items in the sequence

getCardinality

public int getCardinality()
Determine the cardinality

Overrides:
getCardinality in class Value
Returns:
the cardinality of the sequence, using the constants defined in net.sf.saxon.value.Cardinality
See Also:
Cardinality

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Get the (lowest common) item type

Overrides:
getItemType in class Value
Parameters:
th - the type hierarchy cache
Returns:
integer identifying an item type to which all the items in this sequence conform

itemAt

public Item itemAt(int n)
Get the n'th item in the sequence (starting with 0 as the first item)

Overrides:
itemAt in class Value
Parameters:
n - the position of the required item
Returns:
the n'th item in the sequence

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate()
Return an iterator over this sequence.

Specified by:
iterate in class Value
Returns:
the required SequenceIterator, positioned at the start of the sequence

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue()
                              throws XPathException
Get the effective boolean value

Overrides:
effectiveBooleanValue in class Value
Returns:
the effective boolean value
Throws:
XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression


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