Class RangeExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, Container, Expression, InstructionInfoProvider

public class RangeExpression extends BinaryExpression
A RangeExpression is an expression that represents an integer sequence as a pair of end-points (for example "x to y"). If the end-points are equal, the sequence is of length one.

From Saxon 7.8, the sequence must be ascending; if the end-point is less than the start-point, an empty sequence is returned. This is to allow expressions of the form "for $i in 1 to count($seq) return ...."

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  • Constructor Details

    • RangeExpression

      public RangeExpression(Expression start, int op, Expression end)
      Construct a RangeExpression
  • Method Details

    • typeCheck

      public Expression typeCheck(StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType) throws XPathException
      Type-check the expression
      Specified by:
      typeCheck in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      typeCheck in class BinaryExpression
      Parameters:
      env - the static context of the expression
      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
    • optimize

      public Expression optimize(Optimizer opt, StaticContext env, 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.

      Specified by:
      optimize in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      optimize in class BinaryExpression
      Parameters:
      opt - the optimizer in use. This provides access to supporting functions; it also allows different optimization strategies to be used in different circumstances.
      env - the static context of the expression
      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:
      StaticError - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)
      XPathException
    • getItemType

      public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
      Get the data type of the items returned
      Parameters:
      th -
      Returns:
      a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)
    • computeCardinality

      public int computeCardinality()
      Determine the static cardinality
      Overrides:
      computeCardinality in class BinaryExpression
    • iterate

      public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Return an iteration over the sequence
      Specified by:
      iterate in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      iterate in class ComputedExpression
      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