Atomizer.AtomizingFunction (saxon8 JavaDoc)

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.saxon.expr.Atomizer.AtomizingFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

MappingFunction

Enclosing class:

Atomizer
```
public static class Atomizer.AtomizingFunction
extends java.lang.Object
implements MappingFunction
```
Implement the mapping function. This is stateless, so there is a singleton instance.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static SequenceIterator`	`getAtomizingIterator(SequenceIterator base)`
`static Atomizer.AtomizingFunction`	`getInstance()`	Get the singleton instance
`java.lang.Object`	`map(Item item)`	Map one item to a sequence.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static Atomizer.AtomizingFunction getInstance()
```
    Get the singleton instance
    
    Returns:
    
    the singleton instance of this mapping function
  - getAtomizingIterator
```
public static SequenceIterator getAtomizingIterator(SequenceIterator base)
```
  - map
```
public java.lang.Object map(Item item)
                     throws XPathException
```
    Description copied from interface: MappingFunction
    
    Map one item to a sequence.
    
    Specified by:
    
    map in interface MappingFunction
    
    Parameters:
    
    item - The item to be mapped.
    
    Returns:
    
    one of the following: (a) a SequenceIterator over the sequence of items that the supplied input item maps to, or (b) an Item if it maps to a single item, or (c) null if it maps to an empty sequence.
    
    Throws:
    
    XPathException