net.sf.saxon.functions

Class Replace

Implemented Interfaces:
EvaluableItem, InstructionInfoProvider, SequenceIterable, Serializable, SourceLocator

public class Replace
extends SystemFunction

This class implements the replace() function for replacing substrings that match a regular expression

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.Expression

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD, locationId, staticProperties

Method Summary

static String
checkReplacement(CharSequence rep)
Check the contents of the replacement string
Item
evaluateItem(XPathContext c)
Evaluate the function in a string context
RegularExpression
getCompiledRegularExpression()
Get the compiled regular expression if available, otherwise return null
Expression
optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
Expression
simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
Simplify and validate.

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

addContextDocumentArgument, addDocToPathMap, checkArguments, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, copy, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, getRequiredType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails, useContextItemAsDefault

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

addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, checkArgumentCount, checkArguments, equals, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionName, getNumberOfArguments, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, preEvaluate, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionName, simplify, simplifyArguments, toString, typeCheck

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

Method Details

checkReplacement

public static String checkReplacement(CharSequence rep)
Check the contents of the replacement string
Parameters:
rep - the replacement string
Returns:
null if the string is OK, or an error message if not

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c)
            throws XPathException
Evaluate the function in a string context
Specified by:
evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem
Overrides:
evaluateItem in interface Expression

getCompiledRegularExpression

public RegularExpression getCompiledRegularExpression()
Get the compiled regular expression if available, otherwise return null
Returns:
the compiled regex, or null

optimize

public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                           ItemType contextItemType)
            throws XPathException
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.

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 SystemFunction
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)

simplify

public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
            throws XPathException
Simplify and validate. This is a pure function so it can be simplified in advance if the arguments are known
Overrides:
simplify in interface FunctionCall
Parameters:
visitor - an expression visitor