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Class StringFn</H2>
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<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">java.lang.Object</A>
<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><PRE>public class <B>StringFn</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></DL>
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Implement XPath function string()
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/StringFn.html#StringFn()">StringFn</A></B>()</CODE>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.PathMapNodeSet.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap.PathMapNodeSet</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/StringFn.html#addToPathMap(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap.PathMapNodeSet)">addToPathMap</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap</A> pathMap,
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Add a representation of this expression to a PathMap.</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="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/StringFn.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> c)</CODE>
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Evaluate the function</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/StringFn.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/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/StringFn.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> <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="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/StringFn.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">simplify</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor)</CODE>
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Simplify and validate.</TD>
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<A NAME="StringFn()"><!-- --></A><H3>
StringFn</H3>
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public <B>StringFn</B>()</PRE>
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getImplementationMethod</H3>
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public int <B>getImplementationMethod</B>()</PRE>
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<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 provided directly. The other methods will always be available
indirectly, using an implementation that relies on one of the other methods.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html#getImplementationMethod()">getImplementationMethod</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></CODE></DL>
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<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>
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<A NAME="simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)"><!-- --></A><H3>
simplify</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>simplify</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A> visitor)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Simplify and validate.
This is a pure function so it can be simplified in advance if the arguments are known
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">simplify</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">FunctionCall</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the simplified 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 an error is discovered during expression
rewriting</DL>
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optimize</H3>
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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>
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<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>
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/SystemFunction.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/functions/SystemFunction.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.functions">SystemFunction</A></CODE></DL>
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<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>
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<A NAME="addToPathMap(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap.PathMapNodeSet)"><!-- --></A><H3>
addToPathMap</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.PathMapNodeSet.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap.PathMapNodeSet</A> <B>addToPathMap</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap</A> pathMap,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PathMap.PathMapNodeSet.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PathMap.PathMapNodeSet</A> pathMapNodeSet)</PRE>
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<DD>Add a representation of this expression to a PathMap. The PathMap captures a map of the nodes visited
by an expression in a source tree.
<p/>
<p>The default implementation of this method assumes that an expression does no navigation other than
the navigation done by evaluating its subexpressions, and that the subexpressions are evaluated in the
same context as the containing expression. The method must be overridden for any expression
where these assumptions do not hold. For example, implementations exist for AxisExpression, ParentExpression,
and RootExpression (because they perform navigation), and for the doc(), document(), and collection()
functions because they create a new navigation root. Implementations also exist for PathExpression and
FilterExpression because they have subexpressions that are evaluated in a different context from the
calling expression.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#addToPathMap(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap.PathMapNodeSet)">addToPathMap</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>pathMap</CODE> - the PathMap to which the expression should be added<DD><CODE>pathMapNodeSet</CODE> - the PathMapNodeSet to which the paths embodied in this expression should be added
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the pathMapNodeSet representing the points in the source document that are both reachable by this
expression, and that represent possible results of this expression. For an expression that does
navigation, it represents the end of the arc in the path map that describes the navigation route. For other
expressions, it is the same as the input pathMapNode.</DL>
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evaluateItem</H3>
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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> c)
throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Evaluate the function
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<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>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>c</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>
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