## net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct
Class SimpleNodeConstructor

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
          net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Instruction
              net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.SimpleNodeConstructor

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

Direct Known Subclasses:
  AttributeCreator, Comment, NamespaceConstructor, ProcessingInstruction, ValueOf

    public abstract class SimpleNodeConstructor

extends Instruction

Common superclass for XSLT instructions whose content template produces a text value: xsl:attribute, xsl:comment, xsl:processing-instruction, xsl:namespace, and xsl:text, and their XQuery equivalents

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary
`protected Expression` `select`

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
`SimpleNodeConstructor()` Default constructor used by subclasses

Method Summary
`protected String` `checkContent(String data, XPathContext context)` Check the content of the node, and adjust it if necessary.
`int` `computeCardinality()` Get the cardinality of the sequence returned by evaluating this instruction
`int` `computeSpecialProperties()` Get the static properties of this expression (other than its type).
`boolean` `createsNewNodes()` Determine whether this instruction creates new nodes.
`Item` `evaluateItem(XPathContext context)` Evaluate as an expression.
`int` `evaluateNameCode(XPathContext context)` Run-time method to compute the name of the node being constructed.
`Expression` `getContentExpression()` Get the expression that determines the string value of the constructed node
`SequenceIterator` `iterate(XPathContext context)` Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence.
`Iterator<Expression>` `iterateSubExpressions()` Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
`abstract void` `localTypeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)` Method to perform type-checking specific to the kind of instruction
`Expression` `optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)` Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
`TailCall` `processLeavingTail(XPathContext context)` Process this instruction
`abstract void` `processValue(CharSequence value, XPathContext context)` Process the value of the node, to create the new node.
`protected void` `promoteInst(PromotionOffer offer)` Offer promotion for subexpressions.
`boolean` `replaceSubExpression(Expression original, Expression replacement)` Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
`void` `setSelect(Expression select, Configuration config)` Set the select expression: the value of this expression determines the string-value of the node
`Expression` `simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)` Simplify an expression.
`Expression` `typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)` The typeCheck() method is called in XQuery, where node constructors are implemented as Expressions.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Instruction
`assembleParams, assembleTunnelParams, dynamicError, evaluateAsString, getConstructType, getExpressionName, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionName, getInstructionNameCode, getItemType, getIteratorFromProcessMethod, getSourceLocator, isXSLT, process, promote`

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

`addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkForUpdatingSubexpressions, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, copy, doPromotion, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluatePendingUpdates, explain, explain, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getEvaluationMethod, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getObjectName, getProperties, getProperty, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, isSubtreeExpression, isUpdatingExpression, isVacuousExpression, iterateEvents, iterateSameFocusSubExpressions, markTailFunctionCalls, 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`

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator
`getColumnNumber, getLineNumber, getPublicId, getSystemId`

Field Detail

### select

    protected Expression select

Constructor Detail

### SimpleNodeConstructor

    public SimpleNodeConstructor()

  Default constructor used by subclasses

Method Detail

### setSelect

    public void setSelect(Expression select,
                          Configuration config)
                   throws XPathException

  Set the select expression: the value of this expression determines the string-value of the node

  Parameters:
    `select` - the expression that computes the string value of the node
    `config` - the Saxon configuration (used for example to do early validation of the content of an attribute against the schema-defined type)
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### getContentExpression

    public Expression getContentExpression()

  Get the expression that determines the string value of the constructed node

  Returns:
    the select expression

### createsNewNodes

    public final boolean createsNewNodes()

  Determine whether this instruction creates new nodes. This implementation returns true.

  Overrides:
    `createsNewNodes` in class `Instruction`
  Returns:
    true if the instruction creates new nodes (or if it can't be proved that it doesn't)

### computeCardinality

    public int computeCardinality()

  Get the cardinality of the sequence returned by evaluating this instruction

  Overrides:
    `computeCardinality` in class `Instruction`
  Returns:
    the static cardinality

### simplify

    public Expression simplify(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
                        throws XPathException

  Description copied from class: `Instruction`
  Simplify an expression. This performs any static optimization (by rewriting the expression as a different expression). The default implementation does nothing.

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

### computeSpecialProperties

    public int computeSpecialProperties()

  Get the static properties of this expression (other than its type). The result is bit-signficant. These properties are used for optimizations. In general, if property bit is set, it is true, but if it is unset, the value is unknown.

  Overrides:
    `computeSpecialProperties` in class `Instruction`
  Returns:
    a set of flags indicating static properties of this expression

### localTypeCheck

    public abstract void localTypeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
                                        ItemType contextItemType)
                                 throws XPathException

  Method to perform type-checking specific to the kind of instruction

  Parameters:
    `visitor` - an expression visitor
    `contextItemType` - the static type of the context item
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### typeCheck

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

  The typeCheck() method is called in XQuery, where node constructors are implemented as Expressions. In this case the required type for the select expression is a single string.

  Overrides:
    `typeCheck` in class `Expression`
  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 rewritten expression
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if any static errors are found in this expression or any of its children

### optimize

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

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  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` - 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 if appropriate to optimize execution
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

### iterateSubExpressions

    public Iterator<Expression> iterateSubExpressions()

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  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

### processLeavingTail

    public TailCall processLeavingTail(XPathContext context)
                                throws XPathException

  Process this instruction

  Specified by:
    `processLeavingTail` in interface `TailCallReturner`
  Specified by:
    `processLeavingTail` in class `Instruction`
  Parameters:
    `context` - the dynamic context of the transformation
  Returns:
    a TailCall to be executed by the caller, always null for this instruction
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### processValue

    public abstract void processValue(CharSequence value,
                                      XPathContext context)
                               throws XPathException

  Process the value of the node, to create the new node.

  Parameters:
    `value` - the string value of the new node
    `context` - the dynamic evaluation context
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### evaluateItem

    public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                      throws XPathException

  Evaluate as an expression.

  Specified by:
    `evaluateItem` in interface `EvaluableItem`
  Overrides:
    `evaluateItem` in class `Instruction`
  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

### checkContent

    protected String checkContent(String data,
                                  XPathContext context)
                           throws XPathException

  Check the content of the node, and adjust it if necessary. The checks depend on the node kind.

  Parameters:
    `data` - the supplied content
    `context` - the dynamic context
  Returns:
    the original content, unless adjustments are needed
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if the content is invalid

### evaluateNameCode

    public int evaluateNameCode(XPathContext context)
                         throws XPathException

  Run-time method to compute the name of the node being constructed. This is overridden for nodes that have a name. The default implementation returns -1, which is suitable for unnamed nodes such as comments

  Parameters:
    `context` - the XPath dynamic evaluation context
  Returns:
    the name pool nameCode identifying the name of the constructed node
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if any failure occurs

### iterate

    public SequenceIterator iterate(XPathContext context)
                             throws XPathException

  Description copied from class: `Instruction`
  Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence. The value of every expression can be regarded as a sequence, so this method is supported for all expressions. This default implementation handles iteration for expressions that return singleton values: for non-singleton expressions, the subclass must provide its own implementation.

  Specified by:
    `iterate` in interface `SequenceIterable`
  Overrides:
    `iterate` in class `Instruction`
  Parameters:
    `context` - supplies the context for evaluation
  Returns:
    a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result of the expression
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression

### promoteInst

    protected void promoteInst(PromotionOffer offer)
                        throws XPathException

  Offer promotion for subexpressions. 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:
    `promoteInst` in class `Instruction`
  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
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if any error is detected

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