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Class StreamingCopy</H2>
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<IMG SRC="../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression</A>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Serializable</A>, <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/xml/transform/SourceLocator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.xml.transform">SourceLocator</A>, <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/event/LocationProvider.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.event">LocationProvider</A>, <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/event/SaxonLocator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.event">SaxonLocator</A>, <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trace/InstructionInfo.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.trace">InstructionInfo</A>, <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/org/xml/sax/Locator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in org.xml.sax">Locator</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>StreamingCopy</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></DL>
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This class performs a streaming copy of selected nodes within a document. The document
is read in another thread using a SAX (push) parser, with a filter that selects the required
nodes on the fly. When such a node is encountered, a TinyBuilder is created and events for the
subtree rooted at that node are pushed to the TinyBuilder to build this subtree. The root nodes
of these subtrees are placed in a cyclic buffer (the <code>Conduit</code> where they can be read in
pull mode and delivered as the result of a SequenceIterator. The tree for the document as a
whole is never built.
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This class enables expressions such as <xsl:copy-of select="doc('a.xml')//customer"/>
to be processed serially without ever instantiating a.xml in memory. This is only possible when
there is an explicit request to make a copy, because it is then known that there is no
dependency on the node identity of nodes in a.xml.
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<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../serialized-form.html#com.saxonica.stream.StreamingCopy">Serialized Form</A></DL>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#StreamingCopy(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.pattern.Pattern, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">StreamingCopy</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> documentExp,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/pattern/Pattern.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.pattern">Pattern</A> selectPattern,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> filter)</CODE>
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Create a StreamingCopy instruction.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</A></B>()</CODE>
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Compute the static cardinality of this expression</TD>
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<CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#computeDependencies()">computeDependencies</A></B>()</CODE>
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Compute the dependencies of an expression, as the union of the
dependencies of its subexpressions.</TD>
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<CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#computeSpecialProperties()">computeSpecialProperties</A></B>()</CODE>
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Compute the special properties of this expression.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#copy()">copy</A></B>()</CODE>
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Copy an expression.</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)">explain</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trace/ExpressionPresenter.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trace">ExpressionPresenter</A> out)</CODE>
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Diagnostic print of expression structure.</TD>
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<CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#getImplementationMethod()">getImplementationMethod</A></B>()</CODE>
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An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">ItemType</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">getItemType</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/type/TypeHierarchy.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">TypeHierarchy</A> th)</CODE>
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Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">iterate</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)</CODE>
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Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Iterator</A><<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#iterateSubExpressions()">iterateSubExpressions</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)</CODE>
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Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#process(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">process</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)</CODE>
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Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">promote</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PromotionOffer.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PromotionOffer</A> offer,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> parent)</CODE>
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Offer promotion for this subexpression.</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#replaceSubExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">replaceSubExpression</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> original,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> replacement)</CODE>
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Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/stream/StreamingCopy.html#typeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">typeCheck</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)</CODE>
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Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.</TD>
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<A NAME="StreamingCopy(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.pattern.Pattern, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
StreamingCopy</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>StreamingCopy</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> documentExp,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/pattern/Pattern.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.pattern">Pattern</A> selectPattern,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> filter)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create a StreamingCopy instruction. This constructor must be called only if the expression
has already been checked against all the constraints.
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>documentExp</CODE> - the call on doc() or document() to select the target document<DD><CODE>selectPattern</CODE> - the pattern that matches the nodes to be chosen<DD><CODE>filter</CODE> - an additional filter to filter the nodes to be chosen.</DL>
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<A NAME="computeCardinality()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeCardinality</H3>
<PRE>
protected int <B>computeCardinality</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeCardinality()">Expression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Compute the static cardinality of this expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the computed cardinality, as one of the values <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html#ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE"><CODE>StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE</CODE></A>,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html#EXACTLY_ONE"><CODE>StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE</CODE></A>, <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html#ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE"><CODE>StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE</CODE></A>,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html#ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE"><CODE>StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE</CODE></A></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)"><!-- --></A><H3>
optimize</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>optimize</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)
throws <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
<p/>
<p>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.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor<DD><CODE>contextItemType</CODE> - 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
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/type/Type.html#ITEM_TYPE"><CODE>Type.ITEM_TYPE</CODE></A>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error is discovered during this phase
(typically a type error)</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="typeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)"><!-- --></A><H3>
typeCheck</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>typeCheck</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A> contextItemType)
throws <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.
<p/>
<p>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.</p>
<p/>
<p>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.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#typeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">typeCheck</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor<DD><CODE>contextItemType</CODE> - 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
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/type/Type.html#ITEM_TYPE"><CODE>Type.ITEM_TYPE</CODE></A>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original expression, rewritten to perform necessary
run-time type checks, and to perform other type-related
optimizations
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error is discovered during this phase
(typically a type error)</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="copy()"><!-- --></A><H3>
copy</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>copy</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#copy()">copy</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the copy of the original expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
promote</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>promote</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PromotionOffer.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PromotionOffer</A> offer,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> parent)
throws <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>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.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">promote</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>offer</CODE> - 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<DD><CODE>parent</CODE> -
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>if the offer is not accepted, return this expression unchanged.
Otherwise return the result of rewriting the expression to promote
this subexpression
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any error is detected</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)"><!-- --></A><H3>
explain</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>explain</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trace/ExpressionPresenter.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trace">ExpressionPresenter</A> out)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree
is written to the supplied output destination.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)">explain</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>out</CODE> - the expression presenter used to display the structure</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getItemType</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">ItemType</A> <B>getItemType</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/type/TypeHierarchy.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">TypeHierarchy</A> th)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Determine the data type of the expression, if possible. All expression return
sequences, in general; this method determines the type of the items within the
sequence, assuming that (a) this is known in advance, and (b) it is the same for
all items in the sequence.
<p/>
<p>This method should always return a result, though it may be the best approximation
that is available at the time.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getItemType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">getItemType</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>th</CODE> - the type hierarchy cache
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER,
Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="computeDependencies()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeDependencies</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>computeDependencies</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>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.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeDependencies()">computeDependencies</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the depencies, as a bit-mask</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="computeSpecialProperties()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeSpecialProperties</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>computeSpecialProperties</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeSpecialProperties()">Expression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Compute the special properties of this expression. These properties are denoted by a bit-significant
integer, possible values are in class <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/StaticProperty.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr"><CODE>StaticProperty</CODE></A>. The "special" properties are properties
other than cardinality and dependencies, and most of them relate to properties of node sequences, for
example whether the nodes are in document order.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#computeSpecialProperties()">computeSpecialProperties</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the special properties, as a bit-significant integer</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="iterateSubExpressions()"><!-- --></A><H3>
iterateSubExpressions</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Iterator</A><<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>> <B>iterateSubExpressions</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation
returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no
sub-expressions.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterateSubExpressions()">iterateSubExpressions</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="replaceSubExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
replaceSubExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>replaceSubExpression</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> original,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> replacement)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#replaceSubExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">replaceSubExpression</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>original</CODE> - the original subexpression<DD><CODE>replacement</CODE> - the replacement subexpression
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the original subexpression is found</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getImplementationMethod()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getImplementationMethod</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>getImplementationMethod</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
This method indicates which of these methods is prefered.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getImplementationMethod()">getImplementationMethod</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the implementation method, for example <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#ITERATE_METHOD"><CODE>Expression.ITERATE_METHOD</CODE></A> or <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#EVALUATE_METHOD"><CODE>Expression.EVALUATE_METHOD</CODE></A> or
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#PROCESS_METHOD"><CODE>Expression.PROCESS_METHOD</CODE></A></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
iterate</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A> <B>iterate</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)
throws <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>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.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">iterate</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>context</CODE> - supplies the context for evaluation
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result
of the expression
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the
expression</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="process(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
process</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>process</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A> context)
throws <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Process the instruction, without returning any tail calls
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#process(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">process</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>context</CODE> - The dynamic context, giving access to the current node,
the current variables, etc.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if a dynamic error occurs</DL>
</DD>
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