Class Position

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfo, Locator

public class Position extends SystemFunction
See Also:
  • Constructor Details

    • Position

      public Position()
  • Method Details

    • preEvaluate

      public Expression preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
      preEvaluate: this method suppresses compile-time evaluation by doing nothing (because the value of the expression depends on the runtime context)
      Overrides:
      preEvaluate in class FunctionCall
      Parameters:
      visitor - an expression visitor
      Returns:
      the result of the early evaluation, or the original expression, or potentially a simplified expression
    • typeCheck

      public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType) throws XPathException
      Description copied from class: FunctionCall
      Type-check the expression. This also calls preEvaluate() to evaluate the function if all the arguments are constant; functions that do not require this behavior can override the preEvaluate method.
      Overrides:
      typeCheck in class FunctionCall
      Parameters:
      visitor - an expression visitor
      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 - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)
    • evaluateItem

      public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c) throws XPathException
      Evaluate in a general context
      Specified by:
      evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem
      Overrides:
      evaluateItem in class Expression
      Parameters:
      c - 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
    • getIntrinsicDependencies

      public int getIntrinsicDependencies()
      Determine the intrinsic dependencies
      Overrides:
      getIntrinsicDependencies in class Expression
      Returns:
      a set of bit-significant flags identifying the "intrinsic" dependencies. The flags are documented in class net.sf.saxon.value.StaticProperty