org.apache.xpath.functions
Class Function

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.xpath.Expression
        |
        +--org.apache.xpath.functions.Function

Direct Known Subclasses:

FuncCurrent, FuncExtFunction, FuncFalse, FuncLast, FuncPosition, FunctionOneArg, FuncTrue

public abstract class Function

extends Expression

This is a superclass of all XPath functions. This allows two ways for the class to be called. One method is that the super class processes the arguments and hands the results to the derived class, the other method is that the derived class may process it's own arguments, which is faster since the arguments don't have to be added to an array, but causes a larger code footprint.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Usage:

**For advanced use only**

Constructor Summary

Function()

Method Summary

void	callArgVisitors(XPathVisitor visitor) Call the visitors for the function arguments.
void	callVisitors(ExpressionOwner owner, XPathVisitor visitor)
void	checkNumberArgs(int argNum) Check that the number of arguments passed to this function is correct.
boolean	deepEquals(Expression expr)
XObject	execute(XPathContext xctxt) Execute an XPath function object.
void	postCompileStep(Compiler compiler) This function is currently only being used by Position() and Last().
void	setArg(Expression arg, int argNum) Set an argument expression for a function.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xpath.Expression

asIterator, asIteratorRaw, asNode, assertion, bool, canTraverseOutsideSubtree, error, execute, execute, execute, executeCharsToContentHandler, exprAddChild, exprGetChild, exprGetNumChildren, exprGetParent, exprSetParent, fixupVariables, getColumnNumber, getExpressionOwner, getLineNumber, getPublicId, getSystemId, isNodesetExpr, isStableNumber, num, warn, xstr

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Function

public Function()

Method Detail

setArg

public void setArg(Expression arg,
                   int argNum)
            throws WrongNumberArgsException

Set an argument expression for a function. This method is called by the XPath compiler.

Parameters:

arg - non-null expression that represents the argument.

argNum - The argument number index.

Throws:

WrongNumberArgsException - If the argNum parameter is beyond what is specified for this function.

checkNumberArgs

public void checkNumberArgs(int argNum)
                     throws WrongNumberArgsException

Check that the number of arguments passed to this function is correct. This method is meant to be overloaded by derived classes, to check for the number of arguments for a specific function type. This method is called by the compiler for static number of arguments checking.

Parameters:

argNum - The number of arguments that is being passed to the function.

Throws:

WrongNumberArgsException -

execute

public XObject execute(XPathContext xctxt)
                throws TransformerException

Execute an XPath function object. The function must return a valid object.

Parameters:

xctxt - The execution current context.

Returns:

A valid XObject.

Throws:

TransformerException -

Overrides:

execute in class Expression

callArgVisitors

public void callArgVisitors(XPathVisitor visitor)

Call the visitors for the function arguments.

callVisitors

public void callVisitors(ExpressionOwner owner,
                         XPathVisitor visitor)

See Also:

XPathVisitable.callVisitors(ExpressionOwner, XPathVisitor)

deepEquals

public boolean deepEquals(Expression expr)

Overrides:

deepEquals in class Expression

See Also:

Expression.deepEquals(Expression)

postCompileStep

public void postCompileStep(Compiler compiler)

This function is currently only being used by Position() and Last(). See respective functions for more detail.