Package net.sf.saxon.functions.hof

Class PartialApply

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
net.sf.saxon.functions.hof.PartialApply
All Implemented Interfaces:
ExportAgent, Locatable, IdentityComparable, Traceable
public class PartialApply extends Expression
This expression class implements the operation of currying (or performing partial application) of a function. That is, it takes a function and a set of argument bindings as input, and produces a new function as output.

  • Constructor Details

    • PartialApply

      public PartialApply(Expression base, Expression[] boundArguments)
      Create a partial function application expression
      Parameters:
      base - the expression that returns the function to be called
      boundArguments - an array in which each element is either an expression to be bound to the corresponding argument, or null to represent a placeholder ("?" in the source syntax)

  • Method Details

    • getBaseExpression

      public Expression getBaseExpression()

    • setBaseExpression

      public void setBaseExpression(Expression base)

    • getNumberOfPlaceHolders

      public int getNumberOfPlaceHolders()

    • typeCheck

      public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ContextItemStaticInfo contextInfo) throws XPathException
      Description copied from class: Expression
      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)

    • getItemType

      public ItemType getItemType()
      Description copied from class: Expression
      Determine the static item type of the expression, as precisely possible. All expression return sequences, in general; this method determines the type of the items within the sequence, assuming that (a) this is known in advance, and (b) it is the same for all items in the sequence.

      This method should always return a result, though it may be the best approximation that is available at the time.

      Specified by:
      getItemType in class Expression
      Returns:
      a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

    • computeSpecialProperties

      protected int computeSpecialProperties()
      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

    • operands

      public Iterable<Operand> operands()
      Description copied from class: Expression
      Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression, with information about the relationship of each expression to its parent expression.

      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

    • getNumberOfArguments

      public int getNumberOfArguments()

    • getArgument

      public Expression getArgument(int n)

    • getImplementationMethod

      public int getImplementationMethod()
      Description copied from class: Expression
      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

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object other)
      Is this expression the same as another expression?
      Overrides:
      equals in class Expression
      Parameters:
      other - the expression to be compared with this one
      Returns:
      true if the two expressions are statically equivalent

    • computeHashCode

      protected int computeHashCode()
      Hashcode supporting equals()
      Overrides:
      computeHashCode in class Expression
      Returns:
      a computed hash code

    • export

      public void export(ExpressionPresenter out) throws XPathException
      Description copied from class: Expression
      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.

    • computeCardinality

      protected int computeCardinality()
      Description copied from class: Expression
      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.

    • copy

      public Expression copy(RebindingMap rebindings)
      Description copied from class: Expression
      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 local variable references that are copied.
      Returns:
      the copy of the original expression

    • 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. The expression produced should be equivalent to the original making certain assumptions about the static context. In general the expansion will make no assumptions about namespace bindings, except that (a) the prefix "xs" is used to refer to the XML Schema namespace, and (b) the default funcion namespace is assumed to be the "fn" namespace.

      In the case of XSLT instructions and XQuery expressions, the toString() method gives an abstracted view of the syntax that is not designed in general to be parseable.

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

    • evaluateItem

      public FunctionItem evaluateItem(XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Evaluate this expression at run-time
      Overrides:
      evaluateItem in class Expression
      Parameters:
      context - The XPath dynamic evaluation context
      Returns:
      the result of the function, or null to represent an empty sequence
      Throws:
      XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during evaluation of the function.

    • 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.

    • getElaborator

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