Class FirstItemExpression

    • Constructor Detail

      • FirstItemExpression

        public FirstItemExpression​(Expression base)
        Constructor
        Parameters:
        base - A sequence expression denoting sequence whose first item is to be returned
    • Method Detail

      • optimize

        public Expression optimize​(Optimizer opt,
                                   StaticContext env,
                                   ItemType contextItemType)
                            throws XPathException
        Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.

        This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.

        Specified by:
        optimize in interface Expression
        Overrides:
        optimize in class UnaryExpression
        Parameters:
        opt - the optimizer in use. This provides access to supporting functions; it also allows different optimization strategies to be used in different circumstances.
        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 if appropriate to optimize execution
        Throws:
        StaticError - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)
        XPathException
      • promote

        public Expression promote​(PromotionOffer offer)
                           throws XPathException
        Promote this expression if possible
        Specified by:
        promote in interface Expression
        Overrides:
        promote in class UnaryExpression
        Parameters:
        offer - details of the offer, for example the offer to move expressions that don't depend on the context to an outer level in the containing expression
        Returns:
        if the offer is not accepted, return this expression unchanged. Otherwise return the result of rewriting the expression to promote this subexpression
        Throws:
        XPathException - if any error is detected
      • 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
      • displayOperator

        public java.lang.String displayOperator​(Configuration config)
        Diagnostic print of expression structure
        Specified by:
        displayOperator in class UnaryExpression
        Parameters:
        config -
        Returns:
        the operator, as a string