net.sf.saxon.functions
Class Collection

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
          net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
              net.sf.saxon.functions.Collection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Container, Expression, InstructionInfoProvider, java.io.Serializable, javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator

public class Collection

extends SystemFunction

Implement the fn:collection() function. This is responsible for calling the registered CollectionURIResolver. For the effect of the default system-supplied CollectionURIResolver, see StandardCollectionURIResolver

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

operation

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall

argument

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression

locationId, staticProperties

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Collection()

Method Summary

void	checkArguments(StaticContext env) Method called during static type checking
SequenceIterator	iterate(XPathContext context) Iterate over the contents of the collection
Expression	preEvaluate(StaticContext env) preEvaluate: this method suppresses compile-time evaluation by doing nothing

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

addContextDocumentArgument, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, display, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, getRequiredType, main, makeSystemFunction, setDetails, useContextItemAsDefault

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall

checkArgumentCount, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionNameCode, getNumberOfArguments, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionNameCode, simplify, simplifyArguments, typeCheck

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression

adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, evaluateItem, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getParentExpression, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasBadParentPointer, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetStaticProperties, setLocationId, setParentExpression, setParentExpression, suppressValidation, typeError

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Collection

public Collection()

Method Detail

checkArguments

public void checkArguments(StaticContext env)
                    throws XPathException

Description copied from class: SystemFunction

Method called during static type checking

Overrides:

checkArguments in class SystemFunction

Throws:

XPathException

preEvaluate

public Expression preEvaluate(StaticContext env)

preEvaluate: this method suppresses compile-time evaluation by doing nothing

Overrides:

preEvaluate in class FunctionCall

iterate

public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException

Iterate over the contents of the collection

Specified by:

iterate in interface Expression

Overrides:

iterate in class ComputedExpression

Parameters:

context - the dynamic context

Returns:

an iterator, whose items will always be nodes (typically but not necessarily document nodes)

Throws:

XPathException