Class LazyExpression

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

public class LazyExpression extends UnaryExpression
A LazyExpression is an expression that forces lazy evaluation: it must not be evaluated eagerly, because a failure must not be reported unless the value is actually referenced. This is used for an expression that has been moved out of a loop. If the loop iterates zero times, the expression will not be evaluated, and in particular, it will not cause a dynamic error.
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  • Method Details

    • makeLazyExpression

      public static Expression makeLazyExpression(Expression operand)
    • 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
    • displayOperator

      protected String displayOperator(Configuration config)
      Description copied from class: UnaryExpression
      Give a string representation of the operator for use in diagnostics
      Specified by:
      displayOperator in class UnaryExpression
      Parameters:
      config -
      Returns:
      the operator, as a string