Class Compare

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
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, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, CallableExpression, InstructionInfo, Locator
public class Compare extends CollatingFunction implements CallableExpression
XSLT 2.0 compare() function
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • Compare

      public Compare()

  • Method Details

    • getIntegerBounds

      public IntegerValue[] getIntegerBounds()
      For an expression that returns an integer or a sequence of integers, get a lower and upper bound on the values of the integers that may be returned, from static analysis. The default implementation returns null, meaning "unknown" or "not applicable". Other implementations return an array of two IntegerValue objects, representing the lower and upper bounds respectively. The values UNBOUNDED_LOWER and UNBOUNDED_UPPER are used by convention to indicate that the value may be arbitrarily large. The values MAX_STRING_LENGTH and MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH are used to indicate values limited by the size of a string or the size of a sequence.
      Overrides:
      getIntegerBounds in class Expression
      Returns:
      the lower and upper bounds of integer values in the result, or null to indicate unknown or not applicable.

    • evaluateItem

      public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Evaluate the expression
      Overrides:
      evaluateItem in class Expression
      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

    • call

      public SequenceIterator call(SequenceIterator[] arguments, XPathContext context) throws XPathException
      Description copied from interface: CallableExpression
      Evaluate the expression
      Specified by:
      call in interface CallableExpression
      Parameters:
      arguments - the values of the arguments, supplied as SequenceIterators
      context - the dynamic evaluation context
      Returns:
      the result of the evaluation, in the form of a SequenceIterator
      Throws:
      XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression