Class SimpleExpression

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
net.sf.saxon.expr.SimpleExpression
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, Container, Expression, InstructionInfoProvider

public abstract class SimpleExpression extends ComputedExpression
An abstract implementation of Expression designed to make it easy to implement new expressions, in particular, expressions to support extension instructions.
See Also:
  • Field Details

    • NO_ARGUMENTS

      public static final Expression[] NO_ARGUMENTS
    • arguments

      protected Expression[] arguments
  • Constructor Details

    • SimpleExpression

      public SimpleExpression()
      Constructor
  • Method Details

    • setArguments

      public void setArguments(Expression[] sub)
      Set the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
      Parameters:
      sub - an array containing the sub-expressions of this expression
    • iterateSubExpressions

      public Iterator iterateSubExpressions()
      Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
      Specified by:
      iterateSubExpressions in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      iterateSubExpressions in class ComputedExpression
      Returns:
      an array containing the sub-expressions of this expression
    • replaceSubExpression

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

      public Expression simplify(StaticContext env) throws XPathException
      Simplify the expression
      Specified by:
      simplify in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      simplify in class ComputedExpression
      Parameters:
      env - the static context
      Returns:
      the simplified expression
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting
    • typeCheck

      public Expression typeCheck(StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType) throws XPathException
      Description copied from interface: Expression
      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.

      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
      Description copied from interface: Expression
      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.

      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:
      XPathException
    • 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.
      Specified by:
      promote in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      promote in class ComputedExpression
      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
    • getItemType

      public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)
      Determine the data type of the items returned by this expression. This implementation returns "item()", which can be overridden in a subclass.
      Parameters:
      th -
      Returns:
      the data type
    • computeCardinality

      public int computeCardinality()
      Determine the static cardinality of the expression. This implementation returns "zero or more", which can be overridden in a subclass.
      Specified by:
      computeCardinality in class ComputedExpression
    • computeDependencies

      public int computeDependencies()
      Compute the dependencies of an expression, as the union of the dependencies of its subexpressions. (This is overridden for path expressions and filter expressions, where the dependencies of a subexpression are not all propogated). This method should be called only once, to compute the dependencies; after that, getDependencies should be used.
      Overrides:
      computeDependencies in class ComputedExpression
      Returns:
      the depencies, as a bit-mask
    • 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 Expression
      Overrides:
      evaluateItem in class ComputedExpression
      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
    • iterate

      public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence. The value of every expression can be regarded as a sequence, so this method is supported for all expressions. This default implementation handles iteration for expressions that return singleton values: for non-singleton expressions, the subclass must provide its own implementation.
      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
    • process

      public void process(XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls
      Specified by:
      process in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      process in class ComputedExpression
      Parameters:
      context - The dynamic context, giving access to the current node, the current variables, etc.
      Throws:
      XPathException
    • display

      public void display(int level, PrintStream out, Configuration config)
      Diagnostic print of expression structure. The expression is written to the System.err output stream
      Parameters:
      level - indentation level for this expression
      out -
      config -
    • getExpressionType

      public String getExpressionType()
      Return a distinguishing name for the expression, for use in diagnostics. By default the class name is used.