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Class IntegratedFunctionCall</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/expr/CallableExpression.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">CallableExpression</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>IntegratedFunctionCall</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">FunctionCall</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/CallableExpression.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">CallableExpression</A></DL>
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Expression representing a call to a user-written extension
 function implemented as a subtype of <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/ExtensionFunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.lib"><CODE>ExtensionFunctionCall</CODE></A>
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<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../serialized-form.html#net.sf.saxon.functions.IntegratedFunctionCall">Serialized Form</A></DL>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#argument">argument</A></CODE></TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#EFFECTIVE_BOOLEAN_VALUE">EFFECTIVE_BOOLEAN_VALUE</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#EVALUATE_METHOD">EVALUATE_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#EVENT_FEED_METHOD">EVENT_FEED_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#ITEM_FEED_METHOD">ITEM_FEED_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#ITERATE_METHOD">ITERATE_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#locationId">locationId</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH">MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#MAX_STRING_LENGTH">MAX_STRING_LENGTH</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#PROCESS_METHOD">PROCESS_METHOD</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#PUSH_SELECTION">PUSH_SELECTION</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#staticProperties">staticProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#UNBOUNDED_LOWER">UNBOUNDED_LOWER</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#UNBOUNDED_UPPER">UNBOUNDED_UPPER</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#WATCH_METHOD">WATCH_METHOD</A></CODE></TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#IntegratedFunctionCall(net.sf.saxon.lib.ExtensionFunctionCall)">IntegratedFunctionCall</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/ExtensionFunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.lib">ExtensionFunctionCall</A>&nbsp;function)</CODE>

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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>&lt;? extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#call(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator[], net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">call</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>&lt;? extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;[]&nbsp;arguments,
     <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A>&nbsp;context)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Evaluate the expression</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">checkArguments</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A>&nbsp;visitor)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Method supplied by each class of function to check arguments during parsing, when all
 the argument expressions have been read.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#computeCardinality()">computeCardinality</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compute the static cardinality of this expression</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#computeSpecialProperties()">computeSpecialProperties</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compute the special properties of this expression.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#copy()">copy</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Copy an expression.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">effectiveBooleanValue</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A>&nbsp;context)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the effective boolean value of the expression.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/ExtensionFunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.lib">ExtensionFunctionCall</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#getFunction()">getFunction</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the ExtensionFunctionCall object supplied by the application</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#getIntrinsicDependencies()">getIntrinsicDependencies</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived
 from the dependencies of its subexpressions.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.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>&nbsp;th)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.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>&nbsp;context)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#preEvaluate(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">preEvaluate</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A>&nbsp;visitor)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-evaluate a function at compile time.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/functions/IntegratedFunctionCall.html#setContainer(net.sf.saxon.expr.Container)">setContainer</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Container.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">Container</A>&nbsp;container)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark an expression as being in a given Container.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<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/IntegratedFunctionCall.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>&nbsp;visitor,
          <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A>&nbsp;contextItemType)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Type-check the expression.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap.PathMapNodeSet)">addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#checkArgumentCount(int, int)">checkArgumentCount</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)">explain</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#getArguments()">getArguments</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#getDisplayName()">getDisplayName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#getExpressionName()">getExpressionName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#getFunctionName()">getFunctionName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#getNumberOfArguments()">getNumberOfArguments</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#hashCode()">hashCode</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#iterateSubExpressions()">iterateSubExpressions</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">promote</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#replaceSubExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">replaceSubExpression</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#setArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression[])">setArguments</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#setFunctionName(net.sf.saxon.om.StructuredQName)">setFunctionName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">simplify</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#simplifyArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">simplifyArguments</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#toString()">toString</A></CODE></TD>
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<A NAME="IntegratedFunctionCall(net.sf.saxon.lib.ExtensionFunctionCall)"><!-- --></A><H3>
IntegratedFunctionCall</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>IntegratedFunctionCall</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/ExtensionFunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.lib">ExtensionFunctionCall</A>&nbsp;function)</PRE>
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<A NAME="getFunction()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFunction</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/ExtensionFunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.lib">ExtensionFunctionCall</A> <B>getFunction</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the ExtensionFunctionCall object supplied by the application
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>

<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the ExtensionFunctionCall object</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="setContainer(net.sf.saxon.expr.Container)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setContainer</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setContainer</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Container.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">Container</A>&nbsp;container)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Mark an expression as being in a given Container. This link is used primarily for diagnostics:
 the container links to the location map held in the executable.

 <p>This affects the expression and all its subexpressions. Any subexpressions that are not in the
 same container are marked with the new container, and this proceeds recursively. However, any
 subexpression that is already in the correct container is not modified.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#setContainer(net.sf.saxon.expr.Container)">setContainer</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>container</CODE> - The container of this expression.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)"><!-- --></A><H3>
checkArguments</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>checkArguments</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A>&nbsp;visitor)
                    throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Method supplied by each class of function to check arguments during parsing, when all
 the argument expressions have been read. This implementation of the method checks the arguments
 of the supplied function call against the argument types declared as part of the extension function
 definition, and generates code to do the conversion if necessary.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#checkArguments(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">checkArguments</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">FunctionCall</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - the expression visitor
<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 the arguments are statically determined to be incompatible
 with the declared argument types of the function.</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>&nbsp;visitor,
                            <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A>&nbsp;contextItemType)
                     throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Type-check the expression.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.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/FunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">FunctionCall</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="preEvaluate(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)"><!-- --></A><H3>
preEvaluate</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>preEvaluate</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A>&nbsp;visitor)
                       throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Pre-evaluate a function at compile time. Functions that do not allow
 pre-evaluation, or that need access to context information, can override this method.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html#preEvaluate(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">preEvaluate</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/FunctionCall.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">FunctionCall</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the result of the early evaluation, or the original expression, or potentially
         a 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 evaluation fails</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>&nbsp;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="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>
<HR>

<A NAME="getIntrinsicDependencies()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getIntrinsicDependencies</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>getIntrinsicDependencies</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived
 from the dependencies of its subexpressions. For example, position() has an intrinsic dependency
 on the context position, while (position()+1) does not. The default implementation
 of the method returns 0, indicating "no dependencies".
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getIntrinsicDependencies()">getIntrinsicDependencies</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>a set of bit-significant flags identifying the "intrinsic"
         dependencies. The flags are documented in class net.sf.saxon.value.StaticProperty</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="computeSpecialProperties()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeSpecialProperties</H3>
<PRE>
protected int <B>computeSpecialProperties</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<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="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="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>&nbsp;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="effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
effectiveBooleanValue</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>effectiveBooleanValue</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A>&nbsp;context)
                              throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the effective boolean value of the expression. This returns false if the value
 is the empty sequence, a zero-length string, a number equal to zero, or the boolean
 false. Otherwise it returns true.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">effectiveBooleanValue</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 effective boolean value
<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="call(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator[], net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
call</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>&lt;? extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt; <B>call</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A>&lt;? extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/Item.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">Item</A>&gt;[]&nbsp;arguments,
                                             <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A>&nbsp;context)
                                      throws <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/CallableExpression.html#call(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator[], net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">CallableExpression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Evaluate the expression
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/CallableExpression.html#call(net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceIterator[], net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">call</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/CallableExpression.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">CallableExpression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>arguments</CODE> - the values of the arguments, supplied as SequenceIterators<DD><CODE>context</CODE> - the dynamic evaluation context
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the result of the evaluation, in the form of a SequenceIterator
<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 during the evaluation of the expression</DL>
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