Class Compare

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression

net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall

net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.Compare

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, Container, Expression, InstructionInfoProvider

public class Compare
extends CollatingFunction

XSLT 2.0 compare() function

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class CollatingFunction

collation

Fields inherited from class SystemFunction

operation

Fields inherited from class FunctionCall

argument

Fields inherited from class ComputedExpression

locationId, staticProperties

Fields inherited from interface Expression

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Compare()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context)	Evaluate the expression

Methods inherited from class CollatingFunction

checkArguments, getAtomicComparer, getCollator

Methods inherited from class SystemFunction

addContextDocumentArgument, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, display, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, getRequiredType, main, makeSystemFunction, setDetails, useContextItemAsDefault

Methods inherited from class FunctionCall

checkArgumentCount, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionNameCode, getNumberOfArguments, iterateSubExpressions, optimize, preEvaluate, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionNameCode, simplify, simplifyArguments, typeCheck

Methods inherited from class ComputedExpression

adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, 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, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Compare

public Compare()

Method Details

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