net.sf.saxon.expr
Class SingleNodeExpression

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.SingleNodeExpression
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfo, Locator
Direct Known Subclasses:
ParentNodeExpression, RootExpression

public abstract class SingleNodeExpression
extends Expression

A node set expression that will always return zero or one nodes

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
EVALUATE_METHOD, EVENT_FEED_METHOD, ITEM_FEED_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, locationId, PROCESS_METHOD, PUSH_SELECTION, staticProperties, WATCH_METHOD
 
Constructor Summary
SingleNodeExpression()
           
 
Method Summary
 int computeCardinality()
          Specify that the expression returns a singleton
 int computeSpecialProperties()
          Compute the special properties of this expression.
 boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
          Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
 Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
          Evaluate an expression as a single item.
 int getIntrinsicDependencies()
          Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on.
 ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
          Determine the data type of the items returned by this expression
abstract  NodeInfo getNode(XPathContext context)
          Get the single node to which this expression refers.
 SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
          Evaluate the expression in a given context to return an iterator
protected abstract  String noContextMessage()
          Customize the error message on type checking
 Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
 Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
          Type-check the expression.
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkForUpdatingSubexpressions, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, copy, doPromotion, dynamicError, evaluateAsString, evaluatePendingUpdates, explain, explain, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getContainer, getDependencies, getEvaluationMethod, getExecutable, getExpressionName, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getLineNumber, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getObjectName, getProperties, getProperty, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, isSubtreeExpression, isUpdatingExpression, isVacuousExpression, iterateEvents, iterateSameFocusSubExpressions, iterateSubExpressions, markTailFunctionCalls, process, promote, replaceSubExpression, resetLocalStaticProperties, setContainer, setEvaluationMethod, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, simplify, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, toString, typeError
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SingleNodeExpression

public SingleNodeExpression()
Method Detail

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException
Type-check the expression.

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)

noContextMessage

protected abstract String noContextMessage()
Customize the error message on type checking


optimize

public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                           ItemType contextItemType)
                    throws XPathException
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.

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)

computeCardinality

public int computeCardinality()
Specify that the expression returns a singleton

Specified by:
computeCardinality in class Expression
Returns:
the computed cardinality, as one of the values StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE, StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Determine the data type of the items returned by this expression

Specified by:
getItemType in class Expression
Parameters:
th - the type hierarchy cache
Returns:
Type.NODE

getIntrinsicDependencies

public int getIntrinsicDependencies()
Determine which aspects of the context the expression depends on. The result is a bitwise-or'ed value composed from constants such as StaticProperty.VARIABLES and StaticProperty.CURRENT_NODE

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

computeSpecialProperties

public int computeSpecialProperties()
Description copied from class: Expression
Compute the special properties of this expression. These properties are denoted by a bit-significant integer, possible values are in class StaticProperty. The "special" properties are properties other than cardinality and dependencies, and most of them relate to properties of node sequences, for example whether the nodes are in document order.

Overrides:
computeSpecialProperties in class Expression
Returns:
the special properties, as a bit-significant integer

getNode

public abstract NodeInfo getNode(XPathContext context)
                          throws XPathException
Get the single node to which this expression refers. Returns null if the node-set is empty

Throws:
XPathException

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException
Evaluate the expression in a given context to return an iterator

Specified by:
iterate in interface SequenceIterable
Overrides:
iterate in class Expression
Parameters:
context - the evaluation context
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

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException
Description copied from class: Expression
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

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
                              throws XPathException
Description copied from class: Expression
Get the effective boolean value of the expression. This returns false if the value is the empty sequence, a zero-length string, a number equal to zero, or the boolean false. Otherwise it returns true.

Overrides:
effectiveBooleanValue in class Expression
Parameters:
context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
Returns:
the effective boolean value
Throws:
XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression


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