Class Remove

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, CallableExpression, InstructionInfo, Locator

public class Remove extends SystemFunction implements CallableExpression
The XPath 2.0 remove() function
See Also:
  • Constructor Details

    • Remove

      public Remove()
  • Method Details

    • simplify

      public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor) throws XPathException
      Simplify. Recognize remove(seq, 1) as a TailExpression.
      Overrides:
      simplify in class FunctionCall
      Parameters:
      visitor - an expression visitor
      Returns:
      the simplified expression
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting
    • optimize

      public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType 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 class 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)
    • getItemType

      public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
      Determine the data type of the items in the sequence
      Overrides:
      getItemType in class SystemFunction
      Parameters:
      th - the type hierarchy cache
      Returns:
      the type of the input sequence
    • getIntegerBounds

      public IntegerValue[] getIntegerBounds()
      For an expression that returns an integer or a sequence of integers, get a lower and upper bound on the values of the integers that may be returned, from static analysis. The default implementation returns null, meaning "unknown" or "not applicable". Other implementations return an array of two IntegerValue objects, representing the lower and upper bounds respectively. The values UNBOUNDED_LOWER and UNBOUNDED_UPPER are used by convention to indicate that the value may be arbitrarily large. The values MAX_STRING_LENGTH and MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH are used to indicate values limited by the size of a string or the size of a sequence.
      Overrides:
      getIntegerBounds in class Expression
      Returns:
      the lower and upper bounds of integer values in the result, or null to indicate unknown or not applicable.
    • iterate

      public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Evaluate the function to return an iteration of selected nodes.
      Overrides:
      iterate in class Expression
      Parameters:
      context - supplies the context for evaluation
      Returns:
      a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result of the expression
      Throws:
      XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression
    • call

      public SequenceIterator call(SequenceIterator[] arguments, XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Evaluate the expression as a general function call
      Specified by:
      call in interface CallableExpression
      Parameters:
      arguments - the values of the arguments, supplied as SequenceIterators
      context - the dynamic evaluation context
      Returns:
      the result of the evaluation, in the form of a SequenceIterator
      Throws:
      XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression