Package net.sf.saxon.expr

Class TailExpression

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
net.sf.saxon.expr.UnaryExpression
net.sf.saxon.expr.TailExpression
All Implemented Interfaces:
ExportAgent, Locatable, IdentityComparable, Traceable
public class TailExpression extends UnaryExpression
A TailExpression represents a FilterExpression of the form EXPR[position() > n] Here n is usually 2, but we allow other values

  • Constructor Details

    • TailExpression

      public TailExpression(Expression base, int start)
      Construct a TailExpression, representing a filter expression of the form $base[position() >= $start]
      Parameters:
      base - the expression to be filtered
      start - the position (1-based) of the first item to be included

  • Method Details

    • optimize

      public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ContextItemStaticInfo contextInfo) throws XPathException
      Description copied from class: UnaryExpression
      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 UnaryExpression
      Parameters:
      visitor - an expression visitor
      contextInfo - 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)

    • copy

      public Expression copy(RebindingMap rebindings)
      Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.
      Specified by:
      copy in class Expression
      Parameters:
      rebindings - variables that need to be re-bound
      Returns:
      the copy of the original 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 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()
      Description copied from class: UnaryExpression
      Determine the data type of the expression, if possible. The default implementation for unary expressions returns the item type of the operand
      Overrides:
      getItemType in class UnaryExpression
      Returns:
      the item type of the items in the result sequence, insofar as this is known statically.

    • computeCardinality

      protected int computeCardinality()
      Description copied from class: UnaryExpression
      Determine the static cardinality. Default implementation returns the cardinality of the operand
      Overrides:
      computeCardinality in class UnaryExpression
      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.

    • getOperandRole

      protected OperandRole getOperandRole()
      Description copied from class: UnaryExpression
      Get the usage (in terms of streamability analysis) of the single operand
      Specified by:
      getOperandRole in class UnaryExpression
      Returns:
      the operand usage

    • getStart

      public int getStart()
      Get the start offset
      Returns:
      the one-based start offset (returns 2 if all but the first item is being selected)

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object other)
      Compare two expressions to see if they are equal
      Overrides:
      equals in class UnaryExpression
      Parameters:
      other - the other expression
      Returns:
      true if the expressions are equivalent

    • computeHashCode

      protected int computeHashCode()
      Description copied from class: UnaryExpression
      get HashCode for comparing two expressions. Note that this hashcode gives the same result for (A op B) and for (B op A), whether or not the operator is commutative.
      Overrides:
      computeHashCode in class UnaryExpression
      Returns:
      a computed hash code

    • getStreamerName

      public String getStreamerName()
      Get the (partial) name of a class that supports streaming of this kind of expression
      Overrides:
      getStreamerName in class Expression
      Returns:
      the partial name of a class that can be instantiated to provide streaming support in Saxon-EE, or null if there is no such class

    • iterate

      public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Description copied from class: Expression
      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

    • getExpressionName

      public String getExpressionName()
      Get a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.
      Overrides:
      getExpressionName in class Expression
      Returns:
      a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user. The name will always be in the form of a lexical XML QName, and should match the name used in export() output displaying the expression.

    • export

      public void export(ExpressionPresenter destination) throws XPathException
      Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.
      Specified by:
      export in interface ExportAgent
      Overrides:
      export in class UnaryExpression
      Parameters:
      destination - 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.

    • toString

      public String toString()

      The toString() method for an expression attempts to give a representation of the expression in an XPath-like form.

      For subclasses of Expression that represent XPath expressions, the result should always be a string that parses as an XPath 3.0 expression.

      Overrides:
      toString in class UnaryExpression
      Returns:
      a representation of the expression as a string

    • toShortString

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

    • getElaborator

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