## net.sf.saxon.sxpath
Class IndependentContext

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.sxpath.AbstractStaticContext
          net.sf.saxon.sxpath.IndependentContext

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, StaticContext, NamespaceResolver, XPathStaticContext

Direct Known Subclasses:
  DedicatedStaticContext

    public class IndependentContext

extends AbstractStaticContext
implements XPathStaticContext, NamespaceResolver, Serializable

An IndependentContext provides a context for parsing an XPath expression appearing in a context other than a stylesheet.

This class is used in a number of places where freestanding XPath expressions occur. These include the native Saxon XPath API, the .NET XPath API, XPath expressions used in XML Schema identity constraints, and XPath expressions supplied to saxon:evaluate(). It is not used by the JAXP XPath API (though it shares code with that API through the common superclass AbstractStaticContext).

This class currently provides no mechanism for binding user-defined functions.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary
`protected boolean` `autoDeclare`
`protected NamespaceResolver` `externalResolver`
`protected Set` `importedSchemaNamespaces`
`protected HashMap<String,String>` `namespaces`
`protected ItemType` `requiredContextItemType`
`protected HashMap<StructuredQName,XPathVariable>` `variables`

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.sxpath.AbstractStaticContext
`usingDefaultFunctionLibrary`

Constructor Summary
`IndependentContext()` Create an IndependentContext along with a new (non-schema-aware) Saxon Configuration
`IndependentContext(Configuration config)` Create an IndependentContext using a specific Configuration

Method Summary
`Expression` `bindVariable(StructuredQName qName)` Bind a variable used in an XPath Expression to the XSLVariable element in which it is declared.
`void` `clearAllNamespaces()` Clear all the declared namespaces, including the standard ones (xml, xslt, saxon).
`void` `clearNamespaces()` Clear all the declared namespaces, except for the standard ones (xml, xslt, saxon, xdt).
`void` `declareNamespace(String prefix, String uri)` Declare a namespace whose prefix can be used in expressions
`XPathVariable` `declareVariable(QNameValue qname)` Declare a variable.
`XPathVariable` `declareVariable(String namespaceURI, String localName)` Declare a variable.
`XPathVariable` `declareVariable(StructuredQName qName)` Declare a variable.
`int` `getContainerGranularity()` Get the granularity of the container.
`XPathVariable` `getExternalVariable(StructuredQName qName)` Get the declared variable with a given name, if there is one
`Set<String>` `getImportedSchemaNamespaces()` Get the set of imported schemas
`NamespaceResolver` `getNamespaceResolver()` Get a namespace resolver to resolve the namespaces declared in this static context.
`ItemType` `getRequiredContextItemType()` Get the required type of the context item.
`int` `getSlotNumber(QNameValue qname)` Get the slot number allocated to a particular variable
`SlotManager` `getStackFrameMap()` Get a Stack Frame Map containing definitions of all the declared variables.
`String` `getURIForPrefix(String prefix)` Get the URI for a prefix, using the declared namespaces as the context for namespace resolution.
`String` `getURIForPrefix(String prefix, boolean useDefault)` Get the namespace URI corresponding to a given prefix.
`boolean` `isAllowUndeclaredVariables()` Ask whether undeclared variables are allowed.
`boolean` `isImportedSchema(String namespace)` Ask whether a Schema for a given target namespace has been imported.
`Iterator<XPathVariable>` `iterateExternalVariables()` Get an iterator over all the variables that have been declared, either explicitly by an application call on declareVariable(), or implicitly if the option `allowUndeclaredVariables` is set.
`Iterator` `iteratePrefixes()` Get an iterator over all the prefixes declared in this namespace context.
`void` `setAllowUndeclaredVariables(boolean allow)` Say whether undeclared variables are allowed.
`void` `setImportedSchemaNamespaces(Set namespaces)` Register the set of imported schema namespaces
`void` `setNamespaceResolver(NamespaceResolver resolver)` Set an external namespace resolver.
`void` `setNamespaces(NodeInfo node)` Declares all the namespaces that are in-scope for a given node, removing all previous namespace declarations.
`void` `setRequiredContextItemType(ItemType type)` Declare the static type of the context item.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.sxpath.AbstractStaticContext

`addFunctionLibrary, declareCollation, getBaseURI, getCollation, getColumnNumber, getConfiguration, getDecimalFormatManager, getDefaultCollationName, getDefaultElementNamespace, getDefaultFunctionNamespace, getFunctionLibrary, getHostLanguage, getLineNumber, getLocationMap, getLocationProvider, getNamePool, getPublicId, getSystemId, getXPathLanguageLevel, isAllowedBuiltInType, isInBackwardsCompatibleMode, isSchemaAware, issueWarning, makeEarlyEvaluationContext, setBackwardsCompatibilityMode, setBaseURI, setConfiguration, setDecimalFormatManager, setDefaultElementNamespace, setDefaultFunctionLibrary, setDefaultFunctionNamespace, setFunctionLibrary, setLocationMap, setSchemaAware, setXPathLanguageLevel`

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.sxpath.XPathStaticContext
`setDefaultElementNamespace`

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.expr.StaticContext
`getBaseURI, getCollation, getConfiguration, getDecimalFormatManager, getDefaultCollationName, getDefaultElementNamespace, getDefaultFunctionNamespace, getFunctionLibrary, getLineNumber, getLocationMap, getNamePool, getSystemId, getXPathLanguageLevel, isAllowedBuiltInType, isInBackwardsCompatibleMode, isSchemaAware, issueWarning, makeEarlyEvaluationContext`

Field Detail

### namespaces

    protected HashMap<String,String> namespaces

### variables

    protected HashMap<StructuredQName,XPathVariable> variables

### externalResolver

    protected NamespaceResolver externalResolver

### requiredContextItemType

    protected ItemType requiredContextItemType

### importedSchemaNamespaces

    protected Set importedSchemaNamespaces

### autoDeclare

    protected boolean autoDeclare

Constructor Detail

### IndependentContext

    public IndependentContext()

  Create an IndependentContext along with a new (non-schema-aware) Saxon Configuration

### IndependentContext

    public IndependentContext(Configuration config)

  Create an IndependentContext using a specific Configuration

  Parameters:
    `config` - the Saxon configuration to be used

Method Detail

### getContainerGranularity

    public int getContainerGranularity()

  Get the granularity of the container.

  Returns:
    0 for a temporary container created during parsing; 1 for a container that operates at the level of an XPath expression; 2 for a container at the level of a global function or template

### declareNamespace

    public void declareNamespace(String prefix,
                                 String uri)

  Declare a namespace whose prefix can be used in expressions

  Parameters:
    `prefix` - The namespace prefix. Must not be null. Supplying "" sets the default element namespace.
    `uri` - The namespace URI. Must not be null.

### clearNamespaces

    public void clearNamespaces()

  Clear all the declared namespaces, except for the standard ones (xml, xslt, saxon, xdt). This also resets the default element namespace to the "null" namespace

### clearAllNamespaces

    public void clearAllNamespaces()

  Clear all the declared namespaces, including the standard ones (xml, xslt, saxon). Leave only the XML namespace and the default namespace (xmlns=""). This also resets the default element namespace to the "null" namespace.

### setNamespaces

    public void setNamespaces(NodeInfo node)

  Declares all the namespaces that are in-scope for a given node, removing all previous namespace declarations. In addition, the standard namespaces (xml, xslt, saxon) are declared. This method also sets the default element namespace to be the same as the default namespace for this node.

  Parameters:
    `node` - The node whose in-scope namespaces are to be used as the context namespaces. If the node is an attribute, text node, etc, then the namespaces of its parent element are used.

### setNamespaceResolver

    public void setNamespaceResolver(NamespaceResolver resolver)

  Set an external namespace resolver. If this is set, then all resolution of namespace prefixes is delegated to the external namespace resolver, and namespaces declared individually on this IndependentContext object are ignored.

  Specified by:
    `setNamespaceResolver` in interface `XPathStaticContext`
  Parameters:
    `resolver` - the external NamespaceResolver

### setAllowUndeclaredVariables

    public void setAllowUndeclaredVariables(boolean allow)

  Say whether undeclared variables are allowed. By default, they are not allowed. When undeclared variables are allowed, it is not necessary to predeclare the variables that may be used in the XPath expression; instead, a variable is automatically declared when a reference to the variable is encountered within the expression.

  Parameters:
    `allow` - true if undeclared variables are allowed, false if they are not allowed.
  Since:
    9.2

### isAllowUndeclaredVariables

    public boolean isAllowUndeclaredVariables()

  Ask whether undeclared variables are allowed. By default, they are not allowed. When undeclared variables are allowed, it is not necessary to predeclare the variables that may be used in the XPath expression; instead, a variable is automatically declared when a reference to the variable is encountered within the expression.

  Returns:
    true if undeclared variables are allowed, false if they are not allowed.
  Since:
    9.2

### declareVariable

    public XPathVariable declareVariable(QNameValue qname)

  Declare a variable. A variable must be declared before an expression referring to it is compiled. The initial value of the variable will be the empty sequence

  Specified by:
    `declareVariable` in interface `XPathStaticContext`
  Parameters:
    `qname` - The name of the variable
  Returns:
    an XPathVariable object representing information about the variable that has been declared.

### declareVariable

    public XPathVariable declareVariable(String namespaceURI,
                                         String localName)

  Declare a variable. A variable must be declared before an expression referring to it is compiled. The initial value of the variable will be the empty sequence

  Specified by:
    `declareVariable` in interface `XPathStaticContext`
  Parameters:
    `namespaceURI` - The namespace URI of the name of the variable. Supply "" to represent names in no namespace (null is also accepted)
    `localName` - The local part of the name of the variable (an NCName)
  Returns:
    an XPathVariable object representing information about the variable that has been declared.

### declareVariable

    public XPathVariable declareVariable(StructuredQName qName)

  Declare a variable. A variable must be declared before an expression referring to it is compiled. The initial value of the variable will be the empty sequence

  Parameters:
    `qName` - the name of the variable.
  Returns:
    an XPathVariable object representing information about the variable that has been declared.
  Since:
    9.2

### iterateExternalVariables

    public Iterator<XPathVariable> iterateExternalVariables()

  Get an iterator over all the variables that have been declared, either explicitly by an application call on declareVariable(), or implicitly if the option `allowUndeclaredVariables` is set.

  Returns:
    an iterator; the objects returned by this iterator will be instances of XPathVariable
  Since:
    9.2

### getExternalVariable

    public XPathVariable getExternalVariable(StructuredQName qName)

  Get the declared variable with a given name, if there is one

  Parameters:
    `qName` - the name of the required variable
  Returns:
    the explicitly or implicitly declared variable with this name if it exists, or null otherwise
  Since:
    9.2

### getSlotNumber

    public int getSlotNumber(QNameValue qname)

  Get the slot number allocated to a particular variable

  Parameters:
    `qname` - the name of the variable
  Returns:
    the slot number, or -1 if the variable has not been declared

### getURIForPrefix

    public String getURIForPrefix(String prefix)
                           throws XPathException

  Get the URI for a prefix, using the declared namespaces as the context for namespace resolution. The default namespace is NOT used when the prefix is empty. This method is provided for use by the XPath parser.

  Specified by:
    `getURIForPrefix` in interface `StaticContext`
  Parameters:
    `prefix` - The prefix
  Returns:
    the corresponding namespace URI
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if the prefix is not declared

### getNamespaceResolver

    public NamespaceResolver getNamespaceResolver()

  Description copied from interface: `StaticContext`
  Get a namespace resolver to resolve the namespaces declared in this static context.

  Specified by:
    `getNamespaceResolver` in interface `StaticContext`
  Returns:
    a namespace resolver.

### getURIForPrefix

    public String getURIForPrefix(String prefix,
                                  boolean useDefault)

  Get the namespace URI corresponding to a given prefix. Return null if the prefix is not in scope.

  Specified by:
    `getURIForPrefix` in interface `NamespaceResolver`
  Parameters:
    `prefix` - the namespace prefix
    `useDefault` - true if the default namespace is to be used when the prefix is ""
  Returns:
    the uri for the namespace, or null if the prefix is not in scope. Return "" if the prefix maps to the null namespace.

### iteratePrefixes

    public Iterator iteratePrefixes()

  Get an iterator over all the prefixes declared in this namespace context. This will include the default namespace (prefix="") and the XML namespace where appropriate

  Specified by:
    `iteratePrefixes` in interface `NamespaceResolver`

### bindVariable

    public Expression bindVariable(StructuredQName qName)
                            throws XPathException

  Bind a variable used in an XPath Expression to the XSLVariable element in which it is declared. This method is provided for use by the XPath parser, and it should not be called by the user of the API, or overridden, unless variables are to be declared using a mechanism other than the declareVariable method of this class.

  Specified by:
    `bindVariable` in interface `StaticContext`
  Parameters:
    `qName` - the name of the variable
  Returns:
    the resulting variable reference
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### getStackFrameMap

    public SlotManager getStackFrameMap()

  Get a Stack Frame Map containing definitions of all the declared variables. This will return a newly created object that the caller is free to modify by adding additional variables, without affecting the static context itself.

  Specified by:
    `getStackFrameMap` in interface `XPathStaticContext`
  Returns:
    a SlotManager object holding details of the allocation of variables on the stack frame.

### isImportedSchema

    public boolean isImportedSchema(String namespace)

  Description copied from interface: `StaticContext`
  Ask whether a Schema for a given target namespace has been imported. Note that the in-scope element declarations, attribute declarations and schema types are the types registered with the (schema-aware) configuration, provided that their namespace URI is registered in the static context as being an imported schema namespace. (A consequence of this is that within a Configuration, there can only be one schema for any given namespace, including the null namespace).

  Specified by:
    `isImportedSchema` in interface `StaticContext`
  Parameters:
    `namespace` - the target namespace in question
  Returns:
    true if the given namespace has been imported

### getImportedSchemaNamespaces

    public Set<String> getImportedSchemaNamespaces()

  Get the set of imported schemas

  Specified by:
    `getImportedSchemaNamespaces` in interface `StaticContext`
  Returns:
    a Set, the set of URIs representing the names of imported schemas

### setImportedSchemaNamespaces

    public void setImportedSchemaNamespaces(Set namespaces)

  Register the set of imported schema namespaces

  Parameters:
    `namespaces` - the set of namespaces for which schema components are available in the static context

### setRequiredContextItemType

    public void setRequiredContextItemType(ItemType type)

  Declare the static type of the context item. If this type is declared, and if a context item is supplied when the query is invoked, then the context item must conform to this type (no type conversion will take place to force it into this type).

  Parameters:
    `type` - the required type of the context item
  Since:
    9.3

### getRequiredContextItemType

    public ItemType getRequiredContextItemType()

  Get the required type of the context item. If no type has been explicitly declared for the context item, an instance of AnyItemType (representing the type item()) is returned.

  Specified by:
    `getRequiredContextItemType` in interface `StaticContext`
  Overrides:
    `getRequiredContextItemType` in class `AbstractStaticContext`
  Returns:
    the required type of the context item
  Since:
    9.3

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