Package net.sf.saxon.xpath

Class XPathExpressionImpl

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.xpath.XPathExpressionImpl
All Implemented Interfaces:
XPathExpression
public class XPathExpressionImpl extends Object implements XPathExpression

The JAXP XPathExpression interface represents a compiled XPath expression that can be repeatedly evaluated. This class is Saxon's implementation of that interface.

The class also includes some methods retained from Saxon's original XPath API. When these methods are used, the object contains the context node and other state, so it is not thread-safe.

  • Constructor Details

    • XPathExpressionImpl

      protected XPathExpressionImpl(Expression exp, Executable exec)
      The constructor is protected, to ensure that instances can only be created using the compile() method of XPathEvaluator
      Parameters:
      exp - the compiled expression
      exec - the executable

  • Method Details

    • setStackFrameMap

      protected void setStackFrameMap(SlotManager map)
      Define the number of slots needed for local variables within the expression. This method is for internal use only.
      Parameters:
      map - description of the stack frame

    • getStackFrameMap

      public SlotManager getStackFrameMap()
      Get the stack frame map. This holds information about the allocation of slots to variables. This is needed by applications using low-level interfaces for evaluating the expression
      Returns:
      a description of the stack frame

    • getConfiguration

      public Configuration getConfiguration()
      Get the Configuration under which this XPath expression was compiled
      Returns:
      the Saxon configuration

    • evaluate

      public Object evaluate(Object node, QName qName) throws XPathExpressionException
      JAXP 1.3 evaluate() method
      Specified by:
      evaluate in interface XPathExpression
      Parameters:
      node - The context node: generalized in Saxon to allow any XDM item to act as the context item.

      The types of values accepted, and the conversions applied, are described in the Saxon documentation.

      Contrary to the interface specification, Saxon does not supply an empty document when the value is null. This is because XPath 2.0 allows the context item to be "absent" (null). So Saxon executes the XPath expression with the context item undefined.

      qName - Indicates the type of result required. This must be one of the constants defined in the JAXP XPathConstants class. Saxon will attempt to convert the actual result of the expression to the required type using the XPath 1.0 conversion rules.
      Returns:
      the result of the evaluation, as a Java object of the appropriate type. Saxon interprets the rules as follows:
      Return value types
      QNameReturn Value
      BOOLEAN The effective boolean value of the actual result, as a Java Boolean object
      STRING The result of applying the string() function to the actual result, as a Java String object
      NUMBER The result of applying the number() function to the actual result, as a Java Double object
      NODE A single node, in the native data model supplied as input. If the expression returns more than one node, the first is returned. If the expression returns an empty sequence, null is returned. If the expression returns an atomic value, or if the first item in the result sequence is an atomic value, an exception is thrown.
      NODESET This is interpreted as allowing any sequence, of nodes or atomic values. If the first argument is a wrapper around a DOM Node, then the result is returned as a DOM NodeList, and an exception is then thrown if the result sequence contains a value that is not a DOM Node. In all other cases the result is returned as a Java List object, unless it is empty, in which case null is returned. The contents of the list may be node objects (in the native data model supplied as input), or Java objects representing the XPath atomic values in the actual result: String for an xs:string, Double for a xs:double, Long for an xs:integer, and so on. (For safety, cast the values to a type such as xs:string within the XPath expression).
      Throws:
      XPathExpressionException - if evaluation of the expression fails or if the result cannot be converted to the requested type.

    • evaluate

      public String evaluate(Object node) throws XPathExpressionException
      Evaluate the expression to return a string value
      Specified by:
      evaluate in interface XPathExpression
      Parameters:
      node - The context node: generalized in Saxon to allow any XDM item to act as the context item.

      The types of values accepted, and the conversions applied, are described in the Saxon documentation.

      Contrary to the interface specification, Saxon does not supply an empty document when the value is null. This is because XPath 2.0 allows the context item to be "absent" (null). So Saxon executes the XPath expression with the context item undefined.

      Returns:
      the results of the expression, converted to a String
      Throws:
      XPathExpressionException - if evaluation fails

    • evaluate

      public Object evaluate(InputSource inputSource, QName qName) throws XPathExpressionException
      Evaluate the XPath expression against an input source to obtain a result of a specified type
      Specified by:
      evaluate in interface XPathExpression
      Parameters:
      inputSource - The input source document against which the expression is evaluated.

      If any error occurs reading or parsing this document, the error is notified to the ErrorListener registered with the Configuration, and also causes an exception to be thrown.

      (Note that there is no caching. This will be parsed, and the parsed result will be discarded.)

      If the supplied value is null then (contrary to the JAXP specifications), the XPath expression is evaluated with the context item undefined.

      qName - The type required, identified by a constant in XPathConstants
      Returns:
      the result of the evaluation, as a Java object of the appropriate type: see evaluate(Object, javax.xml.namespace.QName)
      Throws:
      XPathExpressionException - if an error is detected

    • evaluate

      public String evaluate(InputSource inputSource) throws XPathExpressionException
      Evaluate the XPath expression against an input source to obtain a string result.
      Specified by:
      evaluate in interface XPathExpression
      Parameters:
      inputSource - The input source document against which the expression is evaluated.

      If any error occurs reading or parsing this document, the error is notified to the ErrorListener registered with the Configuration, and also causes an exception to be thrown.

      (Note that there is no caching. This will be parsed, and the parsed result will be discarded.)

      If the supplied value is null then (contrary to the JAXP specifications), the XPath expression is evaluated with the context item undefined.

      Returns:
      the result of the evaluation, converted to a String
      Throws:
      XPathExpressionException - in the event of an XPath dynamic error
      NullPointerException - If inputSource is null.

    • getInternalExpression

      public Expression getInternalExpression()
      Low-level method to get the internal Saxon expression object. This exposes a wide range of internal methods that may be needed by specialized applications, and allows greater control over the dynamic context for evaluating the expression.
      Returns:
      the underlying Saxon expression object.