## net.sf.saxon.expr
Class CompareToIntegerConstant

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
          net.sf.saxon.expr.CompareToIntegerConstant

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

    public class CompareToIntegerConstant

extends Expression
implements ComparisonExpression

This class implements a comparison of a numeric value to an integer constant using one of the operators eq, ne, lt, gt, le, ge. The semantics are identical to ValueComparison, but this is a fast path for an important common case.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
`EVALUATE_METHOD, EVENT_FEED_METHOD, ITEM_FEED_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, locationId, PROCESS_METHOD, PUSH_SELECTION, staticProperties, WATCH_METHOD`

Constructor Summary
`CompareToIntegerConstant(Expression operand, int operator, long comparand)` Create the expression

Method Summary
`protected int` `computeCardinality()` Compute the static cardinality of this expression
`int` `computeDependencies()` Compute the dependencies of an expression, as the union of the dependencies of its subexpressions.
`int` `computeSpecialProperties()` Compute the special properties of this expression.
`boolean` `convertsUntypedToOther()` Determine whether untyped atomic values should be converted to the type of the other operand
`Expression` `copy()` Copy an expression.
`boolean` `effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)` Get the effective boolean value of the expression.
`Item` `evaluateItem(XPathContext context)` Evaluate an expression as a single item.
`void` `explain(ExpressionPresenter destination)` Diagnostic print of expression structure.
`AtomicComparer` `getAtomicComparer()` Get the AtomicComparer used to compare atomic values.
`long` `getComparand()` Get the integer value on the rhs of the expression
`int` `getComparisonOperator()` Get the comparison operator
`int` `getImplementationMethod()` An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process().
`ItemType` `getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)` Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
`Expression` `getOperand()` Get the expression on the lhs of the comparison
`Expression[]` `getOperands()` Get the two operands of the comparison
`int` `getSingletonOperator()` Get the primitive (singleton) operator used: one of Token.FEQ, Token.FNE, Token.FLT, Token.FGT, Token.FLE, Token.FGE
`Iterator<Expression>` `iterateSubExpressions()` Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
`Expression` `optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)` Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
`Expression` `promote(PromotionOffer offer, Expression parent)` Offer promotion for this subexpression.
`boolean` `replaceSubExpression(Expression original, Expression replacement)` Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
`Expression` `simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)` Simplify an expression.
`Expression` `typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)` Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

`addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkForUpdatingSubexpressions, checkPermittedContents, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, evaluateAsString, evaluatePendingUpdates, explain, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getContainer, getDependencies, getEvaluationMethod, getExecutable, getExpressionName, getHostLanguage, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getObjectName, getProperties, getProperty, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, isSubtreeExpression, isUpdatingExpression, isVacuousExpression, iterate, iterateEvents, iterateSameFocusSubExpressions, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetLocalStaticProperties, setContainer, setEvaluationMethod, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, toString, typeError`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### CompareToIntegerConstant

    public CompareToIntegerConstant(Expression operand,
                                    int operator,
                                    long comparand)

  Create the expression

  Parameters:
    `operand` - the operand to be compared with an integer constant
    `operator` - the comparison operator, one of `Token.FEQ`, `Token.FNE`, `Token.FGE`, `Token.FGT`, `Token.FLE`, `Token.FLT`
    `comparand` - the integer constant

Method Detail

### getOperand

    public Expression getOperand()

  Get the expression on the lhs of the comparison

  Returns:
    the left hand operand

### getComparand

    public long getComparand()

  Get the integer value on the rhs of the expression

  Returns:
    the integer constant

### getComparisonOperator

    public int getComparisonOperator()

  Get the comparison operator

  Returns:
    one of `Token.FEQ`, `Token.FNE`, `Token.FGE`, `Token.FGT`, `Token.FLE`, `Token.FLT`

### getImplementationMethod

    public int getImplementationMethod()

  An implementation of Expression must provide at least one of the methods evaluateItem(), iterate(), or process(). This method indicates which of these methods is provided directly. The other methods will always be available indirectly, using an implementation that relies on one of the other methods.

  Overrides:
    `getImplementationMethod` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    the value `Expression.EVALUATE_METHOD`

### simplify

    public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                        throws XPathException

  Simplify an expression. This performs any static optimization (by rewriting the expression as a different expression). The default implementation does nothing.

  Overrides:
    `simplify` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `visitor` - the expression visitor
  Returns:
    the simplified expression
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

### promote

    public Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer,
                              Expression parent)
                       throws XPathException

  Offer promotion for this subexpression. The offer will be accepted if the subexpression is not dependent on the factors (e.g. the context item) identified in the PromotionOffer. By default the offer is not accepted - this is appropriate in the case of simple expressions such as constant values and variable references where promotion would give no performance advantage. This method is always called at compile time.

  Overrides:
    `promote` in class `Expression`
  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
    `parent` -
  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

### computeSpecialProperties

    public int computeSpecialProperties()

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  Compute the special properties of this expression. These properties are denoted by a bit-significant integer, possible values are in class `StaticProperty`. The "special" properties are properties other than cardinality and dependencies, and most of them relate to properties of node sequences, for example whether the nodes are in document order.

  Overrides:
    `computeSpecialProperties` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    the special properties, as a bit-significant integer

### computeDependencies

    public int computeDependencies()

  Compute the dependencies of an expression, as the union of the dependencies of its subexpressions. (This is overridden for path expressions and filter expressions, where the dependencies of a subexpression are not all propogated). This method should be called only once, to compute the dependencies; after that, getDependencies should be used.

  Overrides:
    `computeDependencies` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    the depencies, as a bit-mask

### copy

    public Expression copy()

  Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.

  Specified by:
    `copy` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    the copy of the original expression

### iterateSubExpressions

    public Iterator<Expression> iterateSubExpressions()

  Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no sub-expressions.

  Overrides:
    `iterateSubExpressions` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression

### replaceSubExpression

    public boolean replaceSubExpression(Expression original,
                                        Expression replacement)

  Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression

  Overrides:
    `replaceSubExpression` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `original` - the original subexpression
    `replacement` - the replacement subexpression
  Returns:
    true if the original subexpression is found

### evaluateItem

    public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                      throws XPathException

  Evaluate an expression as a single item. This always returns either a single Item or null (denoting the empty sequence). No conversion is done. This method should not be used unless the static type of the expression is a subtype of "item" or "item?": that is, it should not be called if the expression may return a sequence. There is no guarantee that this condition will be detected.

  Specified by:
    `evaluateItem` in interface `EvaluableItem`
  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

### effectiveBooleanValue

    public boolean effectiveBooleanValue(XPathContext context)
                                  throws XPathException

  Get the effective boolean value of the expression. This returns false if the value is the empty sequence, a zero-length string, a number equal to zero, or the boolean false. Otherwise it returns true.

  Overrides:
    `effectiveBooleanValue` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `context` - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
  Returns:
    the effective boolean value
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

### computeCardinality

    protected int computeCardinality()

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  Compute the static cardinality of this expression

  Specified by:
    `computeCardinality` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    the computed cardinality, as one of the values `StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE`, `StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE`, `StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE`, `StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE`

### typeCheck

    public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                                ItemType contextItemType)
                         throws XPathException

  Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions. This is the second phase of static optimization.

  This checks statically that the operands of the expression have the correct type; if necessary it generates code to do run-time type checking or type conversion. A static type error is reported only if execution cannot possibly succeed, that is, if a run-time type error is inevitable. The call may return a modified form of the expression.

  This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable. However, the types of such functions and variables may not be accurately known if they have not been explicitly declared.

  If the implementation returns a value other than "this", then it is required to ensure that the parent pointer and location information in the returned expression have been set up correctly. It should not rely on the caller to do this, although for historical reasons many callers do so.

  Overrides:
    `typeCheck` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `visitor` - the 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)

### optimize

    public Expression optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                               ItemType contextItemType)
                        throws XPathException

  Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions. This is the third and final phase of static optimization.

  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.

  Overrides:
    `optimize` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `visitor` - the 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 if appropriate to optimize execution
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

### getItemType

    public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

  Determine the data type of the expression, if possible. All expression return sequences, in general; this method determines the type of the items within the sequence, assuming that (a) this is known in advance, and (b) it is the same for all items in the sequence.

  This method should always return a result, though it may be the best approximation that is available at the time.

  Specified by:
    `getItemType` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `th` - the type hierarchy cache
  Returns:
    a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

### explain

    public void explain(ExpressionPresenter destination)

  Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree is written to the supplied output destination.

  Specified by:
    `explain` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `destination` - the expression presenter used to display the structure

### getAtomicComparer

    public AtomicComparer getAtomicComparer()

  Get the AtomicComparer used to compare atomic values. This encapsulates any collation that is used

  Specified by:
    `getAtomicComparer` in interface `ComparisonExpression`

### getSingletonOperator

    public int getSingletonOperator()

  Get the primitive (singleton) operator used: one of Token.FEQ, Token.FNE, Token.FLT, Token.FGT, Token.FLE, Token.FGE

  Specified by:
    `getSingletonOperator` in interface `ComparisonExpression`

### getOperands

    public Expression[] getOperands()

  Get the two operands of the comparison

  Specified by:
    `getOperands` in interface `ComparisonExpression`
  Returns:
    the two operands

### convertsUntypedToOther

    public boolean convertsUntypedToOther()

  Determine whether untyped atomic values should be converted to the type of the other operand

  Specified by:
    `convertsUntypedToOther` in interface `ComparisonExpression`
  Returns:
    true if untyped values should be converted to the type of the other operand, false if they should be converted to strings.

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