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Class SwitchExpression</H2>
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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>SwitchExpression</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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An optimized Choose expression in which all the branches are tests of the same expression for equality
with some value.
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<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../serialized-form.html#com.saxonica.expr.SwitchExpression">Serialized Form</A></DL>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/expr/SwitchExpression.html#SwitchExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, java.util.Map, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.lib.StringCollator)">SwitchExpression</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> subject,
<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A>,<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>> map,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> defaultAction,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/StringCollator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.lib">StringCollator</A> collation)</CODE>
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Create a switch expression</TD>
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<CODE>protected int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/expr/SwitchExpression.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</A></B>()</CODE>
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Compute the static cardinality 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/expr/SwitchExpression.html#copy()">copy</A></B>()</CODE>
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Copy an expression.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/expr/SwitchExpression.html#evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateItem</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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Evaluate an expression as a single item.</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/expr/SwitchExpression.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> <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</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/expr/SwitchExpression.html#getCaseMap()">getCaseMap</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the map from XPathComparable objects representing the values to the expressions
to be executed for each of these values</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/StringCollator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.lib">StringCollator</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/expr/SwitchExpression.html#getCollation()">getCollation</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the collation used</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/expr/SwitchExpression.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/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/expr/SwitchExpression.html#getOtherwiseExpression()">getOtherwiseExpression</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the default ("otherwise") 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/expr/SwitchExpression.html#getSubjectExpression()">getSubjectExpression</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the subject expression (the expression that computes the switch value)</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/expr/SwitchExpression.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/expr/SwitchExpression.html#iterateSubExpressions()">iterateSubExpressions</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../com/saxonica/expr/SwitchExpression.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/expr/SwitchExpression.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/expr/SwitchExpression.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/expr/SwitchExpression.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="SwitchExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, java.util.Map, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.lib.StringCollator)"><!-- --></A><H3>
SwitchExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>SwitchExpression</B>(<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> subject,
<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A>,<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>> map,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> defaultAction,
<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/StringCollator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.lib">StringCollator</A> collation)</PRE>
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<DD>Create a switch expression
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>subject</CODE> - the value to be tested<DD><CODE>map</CODE> - a map from possible values to the action to be performed on each<DD><CODE>defaultAction</CODE> - the expression to be evaluated if the value is not found in the map<DD><CODE>collation</CODE> - the collation to be used for comparing strings</DL>
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<A NAME="getSubjectExpression()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getSubjectExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>getSubjectExpression</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the subject expression (the expression that computes the switch value)
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getCaseMap()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getCaseMap</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A>,<A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>> <B>getCaseMap</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the map from XPathComparable objects representing the values to the expressions
to be executed for each of these values
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getOtherwiseExpression()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getOtherwiseExpression</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>getOtherwiseExpression</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the default ("otherwise") expression
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getCollation()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getCollation</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/StringCollator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.lib">StringCollator</A> <B>getCollation</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the collation used
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="computeCardinality()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeCardinality</H3>
<PRE>
protected int <B>computeCardinality</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<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>
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<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><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#typeCheck(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">Expression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions. This is the second phase of
static optimization.
<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>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>If the implementation returns a value other than "this", then it is required to ensure that
the 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.</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>
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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>
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<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>
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<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="evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
evaluateItem</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A> <B>evaluateItem</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>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.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#evaluateItem(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">evaluateItem</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 context in which the expression is to be evaluated
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the
expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty
sequence
<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>
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<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>
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<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="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>
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<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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