Package com.saxonica.functions.extfn

Class GenerateSequence

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.functions.AbstractFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

com.saxonica.functions.extfn.GenerateSequence

All Implemented Interfaces:

Callable, IFunctionWithRetainedParameterNames, FunctionItem, GroundedValue, Item, Sequence

public class GenerateSequence
extends SystemFunction

This class implements the function saxon:generate-sequence(). This has been proposed as an XPath 4.0 extension (PR 2350) but has not achieved consensus for adoption.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	GenerateSequence.SteppingIterator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GenerateSequence()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Sequence	call(XPathContext context, Sequence[] arguments)	Evaluate the expression

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

dependsOnContextItem, dynamicCall, equals, export, exportAdditionalArguments, exportAttributes, fixArguments, getArity, getCardinality, getContextNode, getDescription, getDetails, getElaborator, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getFunctionItemType, getFunctionName, getNetCost, getOperandRoles, getParameterNames, getRequiredType, getResultItemType, getResultItemType, getRetainedStaticContext, getSpecialProperties, getStaticBaseUriString, getStreamerName, getUniqueIdentifier, getUniStringArg, hashCode, importAttributes, isSequenceVariadic, isTrustedResultType, makeCall, makeFunction, makeFunction40, makeFunctionCall, makeOptimizedFunctionCall, makeTrueFunctionCall, resultIfEmpty, setArity, setDetails, setRetainedStaticContext, supplyTypeInformation, toShortString, toString, typeCheckCaller

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.AbstractFunction

atomize, deepEqual40, deepEquals, effectiveBooleanValue, getAnnotations, getUnicodeStringValue, isArray, isMap, makeNewContext, simplify, typeCheck

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.FunctionItem

getGenre

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.GroundedValue

asIterable, concatenate, containsNode, materialize

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Item

getLabel, getLength, getStringValue, head, isStreamed, itemAt, iterate, reduce, subsequence

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Sequence

makeRepeatable

Constructor Details

GenerateSequence

public GenerateSequence()

Method Details

call

public Sequence call(XPathContext context,
 Sequence[] arguments)
              throws XPathException

Evaluate the expression

Parameters:

context - the dynamic evaluation context

arguments - the values of the arguments

Returns:

the result of the evaluation (always delivered lazily)

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression