Package net.sf.saxon.expr

Class DynamicFunctionCall

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
net.sf.saxon.expr.DynamicFunctionCall
All Implemented Interfaces:
ExportAgent, Locatable, IdentityComparable, Traceable
public class DynamicFunctionCall extends Expression
This class implements the function fn:apply(), which is a standard function in XQuery 3.1. The fn:apply function is also used internally to implement dynamic function calls.

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • 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 provided directly. The other methods will always be available indirectly, using an implementation that relies on one of the other methods.
      Specified by:
      getImplementationMethod in class Expression
      Returns:
      the implementation method, for example Expression.ITERATE_METHOD or Expression.EVALUATE_METHOD or Expression.PROCESS_METHOD

    • getItemType

      public ItemType getItemType()
      Get the return type
      Specified by:
      getItemType in class Expression
      Returns:
      the best available item type that the function will return

    • computeCardinality

      protected int computeCardinality()
      Compute the static cardinality of this expression
      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. May also return StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO if the result is known to be an empty sequence, or StaticProperty.ALLOWS_MANY if if is known to return a sequence of length two or more.

    • getArity

      public int getArity()

    • operands

      public Iterable<Operand> operands()
      Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression, with information about the relationship of each expression to its parent expression. Default implementation works off the results of iterateSubExpressions()

      If the expression is a Callable, then it is required that the order of the operands returned by this function is the same as the order of arguments supplied to the corresponding call() method.

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

    • typeCheck

      public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ContextItemStaticInfo contextInfo) throws XPathException
      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.

      Overrides:
      typeCheck in class Expression
      Parameters:
      visitor - an expression visitor
      contextInfo - Information available statically about the context item: whether it is (possibly) absent; its static type; its streaming posture.
      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)

    • iterate

      public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence. The value of every expression can be regarded as a sequence, so this method is supported for all expressions. This default implementation handles iteration for expressions that return singleton values: for non-singleton expressions, the subclass must provide its own implementation.
      Overrides:
      iterate in class Expression
      Parameters:
      context - supplies the context for evaluation
      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

    • export

      public void export(ExpressionPresenter out) throws XPathException
      Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.
      Specified by:
      export in interface ExportAgent
      Specified by:
      export in class Expression
      Parameters:
      out - the expression presenter used to display the structure
      Throws:
      XPathException - if the export fails, for example if an expression is found that won't work in the target environment.

    • copy

      public Expression copy(RebindingMap rebindings)
      Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.
      Specified by:
      copy in class Expression
      Parameters:
      rebindings - a mutable list of (old binding, new binding) pairs that is used to update the bindings held in any
      Returns:
      the copy of the original expression

    • gatherProperties

      public void gatherProperties(BiConsumer<String,Object> consumer)
      Get the properties of this object to be included in trace messages, by supplying the property values to a supplied consumer function
      Parameters:
      consumer - the function to which the properties should be supplied, as (property name, value) pairs.

    • getElaborator

      public Elaborator getElaborator()
      Make an elaborator for this expression
      Overrides:
      getElaborator in class Expression
      Returns:
      an appropriate Elaborator

    • toShortString

      public String toShortString()
      Produce a short string identifying the expression for use in error messages
      Overrides:
      toShortString in class Expression
      Returns:
      a short string, sufficient to identify the expression