Class IdentityComparison

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression

net.sf.saxon.expr.BinaryExpression

net.sf.saxon.expr.IdentityComparison

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, Container, Expression, InstructionInfoProvider

public final class IdentityComparison
extends BinaryExpression

IdentityComparison: a boolean expression that compares two nodes for equals, not-equals, greater-than or less-than based on identity and document ordering

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class BinaryExpression

operand0, operand1, operator

Fields inherited from class ComputedExpression

locationId, staticProperties

Fields inherited from interface Expression

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
IdentityComparison(Expression p1, int op, Expression p2)	Create an identity comparison identifying the two operands and the operator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)	Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context)	Evaluate the expression
ItemType	getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)	Determine the data type of the expression
void	setGenerateIdEmulation(boolean flag)	Set flag to indicate different empty-sequence behavior when emulating comparison of two generate-id's
Expression	typeCheck(StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType)	Type-check the expression

Methods inherited from class BinaryExpression

computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, display, displayOperator, equals, getOperands, getOperator, hashCode, isAssociative, isCommutative, isInverse, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, promote, replaceSubExpression, simplify

Methods inherited from class ComputedExpression

adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, evaluateAsString, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getParentExpression, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasBadParentPointer, iterate, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetStaticProperties, setLocationId, setParentExpression, setParentExpression, suppressValidation, typeError

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

IdentityComparison

public IdentityComparison(Expression p1,
 int op,
 Expression p2)

Create an identity comparison identifying the two operands and the operator

Parameters:

p1 - the left-hand operand

op - the operator, as a token returned by the Tokenizer (e.g. Token.LT)

p2 - the right-hand operand

Method Details

setGenerateIdEmulation

public void setGenerateIdEmulation(boolean flag)

Set flag to indicate different empty-sequence behavior when emulating comparison of two generate-id's

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(StaticContext env,
 ItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException

Type-check the expression

Specified by:

typeCheck in interface Expression

Overrides:

typeCheck in class BinaryExpression

Parameters:

env - the static context of the expression

contextItemType - 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 Type.ITEM_TYPE

Returns:

the original expression, rewritten to perform necessary run-time type checks, and to perform other type-related optimizations

Throws:

XPathException

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Evaluate the expression

Specified by:

evaluateItem in interface Expression

Overrides:

evaluateItem in class ComputedExpression

Parameters:

context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated

Returns:

the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty sequence

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

effectiveBooleanValue

public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
                              throws XPathException

Description copied from class: ComputedExpression

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.

Specified by:

effectiveBooleanValue in interface Expression

Overrides:

effectiveBooleanValue in class ComputedExpression

Parameters:

context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated

Returns:

the effective boolean value

Throws:

XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

getItemType

public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

Determine the data type of the expression

Parameters:

th -

Returns:

Type.BOOLEAN