## net.sf.saxon.type
Interface FunctionItemType

All Superinterfaces:
  ItemType, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AnyFunctionType, FunctionType

    public interface FunctionItemType

extends ItemType

Higher-order functions in XQuery 1.1 introduce a third kind of Item, namely a Function Item. This type is represented here by a placeholder interfaces. The implementation of this type is found only in Saxon-EE

Method Summary
`Expression` `makeFunctionSequenceCoercer(Expression exp, RoleLocator role, TypeCheckerEnvironment visitor)` Create an expression whose effect is to apply function coercion to coerce a function to this function type
`int` `relationship(FunctionItemType other, TypeHierarchy th)` Determine the relationship of one function item type to another

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.type.ItemType
`getAtomizedItemType, getPrimitiveItemType, getPrimitiveType, getSuperType, isAtomicType, isAtomizable, matchesItem, toString, visitNamedSchemaComponents`

Method Detail

### relationship

    int relationship(FunctionItemType other,
                     TypeHierarchy th)

  Determine the relationship of one function item type to another

  Returns:
    for example `TypeHierarchy.SUBSUMES`, `TypeHierarchy.SAME_TYPE`

### makeFunctionSequenceCoercer

    Expression makeFunctionSequenceCoercer(Expression exp,
                                           RoleLocator role,
                                           TypeCheckerEnvironment visitor)
                                           throws XPathException

  Create an expression whose effect is to apply function coercion to coerce a function to this function type

  Parameters:
    `exp` - the expression that delivers the supplied sequence of function items (the ones in need of coercion)
    `role` - information for use in diagnostics
    `visitor` - the expression visitor, supplies context information
  Returns:
    the coerced function, a function that calls the original function after checking the parameters
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

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