net.sf.saxon.expr

Class ItemTypeCheckingFunction

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.ItemTypeCheckingFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

ItemMappingFunction

public class ItemTypeCheckingFunction
extends java.lang.Object
implements ItemMappingFunction

A mapping function for use in conjunction with an ItemMappingIterator that checks that all the items in a sequence are instances of a given item type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ItemTypeCheckingFunction(ItemType requiredItemType, RoleDiagnostic role, Location locator, Configuration config) Create the type-checking function

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Item	mapItem(Item item) Map one item to another item.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ItemTypeCheckingFunction

public ItemTypeCheckingFunction(ItemType requiredItemType,
                                RoleDiagnostic role,
                                Location locator,
                                Configuration config)

Create the type-checking function

Parameters:

requiredItemType - the item type that all items in the sequence must conform to

role - information for error messages

locator - the location of the expression for error messages

config - the Saxon configuration

Method Detail

mapItem

public Item mapItem(Item item)
             throws XPathException

Description copied from interface: ItemMappingFunction

Map one item to another item.

Specified by:

mapItem in interface ItemMappingFunction

Parameters:

item - The input item to be mapped.

Returns:

either the output item, or null.

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs