net.sf.saxon.instruct

Class SimpleContentConstructor

Implemented Interfaces:
EvaluableItem, InstructionInfoProvider, SequenceIterable, Serializable, SourceLocator
Known Direct Subclasses:
QuerySimpleContentConstructor

public class SimpleContentConstructor
extends Expression

This class implements the rules for an XSLT (or XQuery) simple content constructor, which are used in constructing the string value of an attribute node, text node, comment node, etc, from the value of the select expression or the contained sequence constructor.

Field Summary

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD, locationId, staticProperties

Constructor Summary

SimpleContentConstructor(Expression select, Expression separator)
Create a SimpleContentConstructor

Method Summary

protected int
computeCardinality()
Compute the cardinality of the result of the expression.
Expression
copy()
Copy an expression.
Item
evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
Evaluate an expression as a single item.
void
explain(ExpressionPresenter out)
Diagnostic print of expression structure.
int
getImplementationMethod()
An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
ItemType
getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
Expression
getSelectExpression()
Get the select expression
Expression
getSeparatorExpression()
Get the separator expression
boolean
isAtomic()
Determine if the select expression is atomic
boolean
isSingleton()
Determine whether the select expression is a singleton (an expression returning zero or one items)
Iterator
iterateSubExpressions()
Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
Expression
optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
Expression
promote(PromotionOffer offer)
Offer promotion for this subexpression.
boolean
replaceSubExpression(Expression original, Expression replacement)
Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
Expression
simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
Simplify an expression.
Expression
typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.

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

addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeCardinality, computeDependencies, computeSpecialProperties, computeStaticProperties, copy, display, doPromotion, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, evaluateItem, explain, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getItemType, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, iterate, iterateEvents, iterateSubExpressions, markTailFunctionCalls, optimize, process, promote, replaceSubExpression, resetLocalStaticProperties, setContainer, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, simplify, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, toString, typeCheck, typeError

Constructor Details

SimpleContentConstructor

public SimpleContentConstructor(Expression select,
                                Expression separator)
Create a SimpleContentConstructor
Parameters:
select - the select expression (which computes a sequence of strings)
separator - the separator expression (which computes a value to separate adjacent strings)

Method Details

computeCardinality

protected int computeCardinality()
Compute the cardinality of the result of the expression.
Overrides:
computeCardinality in interface Expression
Returns:
the cardinality, @link {StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE}

copy

public Expression copy()
Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.
Overrides:
copy in interface Expression
Returns:
the copy of the original expression

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
            throws XPathException
Evaluate an expression as a single item. This always returns either a single Item or null (denoting the empty sequence). No conversion is done. This method should not be used unless the static type of the expression is a subtype of "item" or "item?": that is, it should not be called if the expression may return a sequence. There is no guarantee that this condition will be detected.
Specified by:
evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem
Overrides:
evaluateItem in interface Expression
Parameters:
context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
Returns:
the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty sequence
Throws:
XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

explain

public void explain(ExpressionPresenter out)
Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.
Overrides:
explain in interface Expression

getImplementationMethod

public int getImplementationMethod()
An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process(). This method indicates which of these methods is prefered.
Overrides:
getImplementationMethod in interface Expression

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
Determine the data type of the expression, if 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.

Overrides:
getItemType in interface Expression
Parameters:
th - the type hierarchy cache
Returns:
a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

getSelectExpression

public Expression getSelectExpression()
Get the select expression
Returns:
the select expression

getSeparatorExpression

public Expression getSeparatorExpression()
Get the separator expression
Returns:
the separator expression

isAtomic

public boolean isAtomic()
Determine if the select expression is atomic
Returns:
true if the select expression always returns atomic values

isSingleton

public boolean isSingleton()
Determine whether the select expression is a singleton (an expression returning zero or one items)
Returns:
true if the select expression will always be of length zero or one

iterateSubExpressions

public Iterator iterateSubExpressions()
Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no sub-expressions.
Overrides:
iterateSubExpressions in interface Expression
Returns:
an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression

optimize

public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                           ItemType contextItemType)
            throws XPathException
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions. This is the third and final phase of static optimization.

This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.

Overrides:
optimize in interface Expression
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE
Returns:
the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution
Throws:
XPathException - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

promote

public Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
            throws XPathException
Offer promotion for this subexpression. The offer will be accepted if the subexpression is not dependent on the factors (e.g. the context item) identified in the PromotionOffer. By default the offer is not accepted - this is appropriate in the case of simple expressions such as constant values and variable references where promotion would give no performance advantage. This method is always called at compile time.
Overrides:
promote in interface Expression
Parameters:
offer - details of the offer, for example the offer to move expressions that don't depend on the context to an outer level in the containing expression
Returns:
if the offer is not accepted, return this expression unchanged. Otherwise return the result of rewriting the expression to promote this subexpression
Throws:
XPathException - if any error is detected

replaceSubExpression

public boolean replaceSubExpression(Expression original,
                                    Expression replacement)
Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
Overrides:
replaceSubExpression in interface Expression
Parameters:
original - the original subexpression
replacement - the replacement subexpression
Returns:
true if the original subexpression is found

simplify

public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
            throws XPathException
Simplify an expression. This performs any static optimization (by rewriting the expression as a different expression). The default implementation does nothing.
Overrides:
simplify in interface Expression
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
Returns:
the simplified expression
Throws:
XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                            ItemType contextItemType)
            throws XPathException
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.

If the implementation returns a value other than "this", then it is required to ensure that the parent pointer and location information in the returned expression have been set up correctly. It should not rely on the caller to do this, although for historical reasons many callers do so.

Overrides:
typeCheck in interface Expression
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor
contextItemType - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked. The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined. If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to Type.ITEM_TYPE
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)