net.sf.saxon.value
Class Value

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.value.Value
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SequenceIterable, ValueRepresentation
Direct Known Subclasses:
AtomicValue, Closure, CompiledClosure, EmptySequence, IndexedValue, IntegerRange, ItemClosure, SequenceExtent, ShareableSequence, SingletonItem, Tail

public abstract class Value
extends Object
implements Serializable, SequenceIterable, ValueRepresentation

A value is the result of an expression but it is also an expression in its own right. Note that every value can be regarded as a sequence - in many cases, a sequence of length one.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
static int INDETERMINATE_ORDERING
          Constant returned by compareTo() method to indicate an indeterminate ordering between two values
 
Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.ValueRepresentation
EMPTY_VALUE_ARRAY
 
Constructor Summary
Value()
           
 
Method Summary
 Item asItem()
          Return the value in the form of an Item
static Item asItem(ValueRepresentation value)
          Static method to make an Item from a Value
static SequenceIterator asIterator(ValueRepresentation val)
          Static method to get an Iterator over any ValueRepresentation (which may be either a Value or a NodeInfo or a FunctionItem
static Value asValue(ValueRepresentation val)
          Static method to make a Value from a given Item (which may be either an AtomicValue or a NodeInfo or a FunctionItem
 void checkPermittedContents(SchemaType parentType, StaticContext env, boolean whole)
          Check statically that the results of the expression are capable of constructing the content of a given schema type.
static Object convertToJava(Item item)
          Convert an XPath value to a Java object.
 boolean effectiveBooleanValue()
          Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
 boolean equals(Object obj)
          Compare two (sequence) values for equality.
static Value fromItem(Item item)
          Static method to get a Value from an Item
 CharSequence getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation()
          Get the canonical lexical representation as defined in XML Schema.
 int getCardinality()
          Determine the cardinality
 ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
          Determine the data type of the items in the expression, if possible
static SequenceIterator getIterator(ValueRepresentation val)
          Get a SequenceIterator over a ValueRepresentation
 int getLength()
          Get the length of the sequence
 Comparable getSchemaComparable()
          Get a Comparable value that implements the XML Schema ordering comparison semantics for this value.
 String getStringValue()
          Convert the value to a string, using the serialization rules.
 CharSequence getStringValueCS()
          Get the value of the item as a CharSequence.
 int hashCode()
           
 boolean isIdentical(Value v)
          Determine whether two values are identical, as determined by XML Schema rules.
 Item itemAt(int n)
          Get the n'th item in the sequence (starting from 0).
abstract  SequenceIterator iterate()
          Iterate over the items contained in this value.
 SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
          Return an iterator over the results of evaluating an expression
 void process(XPathContext context)
          Process the value as an instruction, without returning any tail calls
 Value reduce()
          Reduce a value to its simplest form.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

INDETERMINATE_ORDERING

public static final int INDETERMINATE_ORDERING
Constant returned by compareTo() method to indicate an indeterminate ordering between two values

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

Value

public Value()
Method Detail

asValue

public static Value asValue(ValueRepresentation val)
Static method to make a Value from a given Item (which may be either an AtomicValue or a NodeInfo or a FunctionItem

Parameters:
val - The supplied value, or null, indicating the empty sequence.
Returns:
The supplied value, if it is a value, or a SingletonNode that wraps the item, if it is a node. If the supplied value was null, return an EmptySequence

asItem

public static Item asItem(ValueRepresentation value)
                   throws XPathException
Static method to make an Item from a Value

Parameters:
value - the value to be converted
Returns:
null if the value is an empty sequence; or the only item in the value if it is a singleton sequence
Throws:
XPathException - if the Value contains multiple items

asItem

public Item asItem()
            throws XPathException
Return the value in the form of an Item

Returns:
the value in the form of an Item
Throws:
XPathException

fromItem

public static Value fromItem(Item item)
Static method to get a Value from an Item

Parameters:
item - the supplied item
Returns:
the item expressed as a Value

asIterator

public static SequenceIterator asIterator(ValueRepresentation val)
                                   throws XPathException
Static method to get an Iterator over any ValueRepresentation (which may be either a Value or a NodeInfo or a FunctionItem

Parameters:
val - The supplied value, or null, indicating the empty sequence.
Returns:
The supplied value, if it is a value, or a SingletonNode that wraps the item, if it is a node. If the supplied value was null, return an EmptySequence
Throws:
XPathException

getIterator

public static SequenceIterator getIterator(ValueRepresentation val)
                                    throws XPathException
Get a SequenceIterator over a ValueRepresentation

Parameters:
val - the value to iterate over
Returns:
the iterator
Throws:
XPathException

iterate

public abstract SequenceIterator iterate()
                                  throws XPathException
Iterate over the items contained in this value.

Returns:
an iterator over the sequence of items
Throws:
XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs. This is possible only in the case of values that are materialized lazily, that is, where the iterate() method leads to computation of an expression that delivers the values.

iterate

public final SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                               throws XPathException
Return an iterator over the results of evaluating an expression

Specified by:
iterate in interface SequenceIterable
Parameters:
context - the dynamic evaluation context (not used in this implementation)
Returns:
an iterator over the items delivered by the expression
Throws:
XPathException

getStringValueCS

public CharSequence getStringValueCS()
                              throws XPathException
Get the value of the item as a CharSequence. This is in some cases more efficient than the version of the method that returns a String.

Specified by:
getStringValueCS in interface ValueRepresentation
Throws:
XPathException - The method can fail if evaluation of the value has been deferred, and if a failure occurs during the deferred evaluation. No failure is possible in the case of an AtomicValue or a Node.

getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation

public CharSequence getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation()
Get the canonical lexical representation as defined in XML Schema. This is not always the same as the result of casting to a string according to the XPath rules.

Returns:
the canonical lexical representation if defined in XML Schema; otherwise, the result of casting to string according to the XPath 2.0 rules

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Determine the data type of the items in the expression, if possible

Parameters:
th - The TypeHierarchy. Can be null if the target is an AtomicValue.
Returns:
for the default implementation: AnyItemType (not known)

getCardinality

public int getCardinality()
Determine the cardinality

Returns:
the cardinality

itemAt

public Item itemAt(int n)
            throws XPathException
Get the n'th item in the sequence (starting from 0). This is defined for all Values, but its real benefits come for a sequence Value stored extensionally (or for a MemoClosure, once all the values have been read)

Parameters:
n - position of the required item, counting from zero.
Returns:
the n'th item in the sequence, where the first item in the sequence is numbered zero. If n is negative or >= the length of the sequence, returns null.
Throws:
XPathException

getLength

public int getLength()
              throws XPathException
Get the length of the sequence

Returns:
the number of items in the sequence
Throws:
XPathException

process

public void process(XPathContext context)
             throws XPathException
Process the value as an instruction, without returning any tail calls

Parameters:
context - The dynamic context, giving access to the current node, the current variables, etc.
Throws:
XPathException

getStringValue

public String getStringValue()
                      throws XPathException
Convert the value to a string, using the serialization rules. For atomic values this is the same as a cast; for sequence values it gives a space-separated list.

Specified by:
getStringValue in interface ValueRepresentation
Throws:
XPathException - The method can fail if evaluation of the value has been deferred, and if a failure occurs during the deferred evaluation. No failure is possible in the case of an AtomicValue.

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue()
                              throws XPathException
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.

Returns:
the effective boolean value
Throws:
XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

getSchemaComparable

public Comparable getSchemaComparable()
Get a Comparable value that implements the XML Schema ordering comparison semantics for this value. The default implementation is written to compare sequences of atomic values. This method is overridden for AtomicValue and its subclasses.

In the case of data types that are partially ordered, the returned Comparable extends the standard semantics of the compareTo() method by returning the value INDETERMINATE_ORDERING when there is no defined order relationship between two given values.

Returns:
a Comparable that follows XML Schema comparison rules

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Compare two (sequence) values for equality. This method throws an UnsupportedOperationException, because it should not be used: there are too many "equality" operators that can be defined on values for the concept to be meaningful.

Consider creating an XPathComparable from each value, and comparing those; or creating a SchemaComparable to achieve equality comparison as defined in XML Schema.

Overrides:
equals in class Object
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - (always)

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Overrides:
hashCode in class Object

isIdentical

public boolean isIdentical(Value v)
Determine whether two values are identical, as determined by XML Schema rules. This is a stronger test than equality (even schema-equality); for example two dateTime values are not identical unless they are in the same timezone.

Note that even this check ignores the type annotation of the value. The integer 3 and the short 3 are considered identical, even though they are not fully interchangeable. "Identical" means the same point in the value space, regardless of type annotation.

Although the schema rules cover atomic values only, this method also handles values that include nodes, using node identity in this case.

The empty sequence is considered identical to the empty sequence.

NaN is identical to itself.

Function items are not identical to anything except themselves

Parameters:
v - the other value to be compared with this one
Returns:
true if the two values are identical, false otherwise.

checkPermittedContents

public void checkPermittedContents(SchemaType parentType,
                                   StaticContext env,
                                   boolean whole)
                            throws XPathException
Check statically that the results of the expression are capable of constructing the content of a given schema type.

Parameters:
parentType - The schema type
env - the static context
whole - true if this value accounts for the entire content of the containing node
Throws:
XPathException - if the expression doesn't match the required content type

reduce

public Value reduce()
             throws XPathException
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

Returns:
the value in simplified form
Throws:
XPathException

convertToJava

public static Object convertToJava(Item item)
                            throws XPathException
Convert an XPath value to a Java object. An atomic value is returned as an instance of the best available Java class. If the item is a node, the node is "unwrapped", to return the underlying node in the original model (which might be, for example, a DOM or JDOM node).

Parameters:
item - the item to be converted
Returns:
the value after conversion
Throws:
XPathException


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