## javax.xml.xquery
Interface XQPreparedExpression

All Superinterfaces:
  XQDynamicContext

All Known Implementing Classes:
  SaxonXQPreparedExpression

    public interface XQPreparedExpression

extends XQDynamicContext

This interface describes an expression that can be prepared for multiple subsequent executions. A prepared expression can be created from the connection.

The preparation of the expression does the static analysis of the expression using the static context information.

The dynamic context information, such as values for bind variables, can then be set using the setter methods. When setting values for bind variables, these variables should be present as external variables in the prolog of the prepared expression.

The static type information of the query can also be retrieved if the XQuery implementation provides it using the `getStaticResultType` method.

When the expression is executed using the `executeQuery` method, if the execution is successful, then an `XQResultSequence` object is returned. The `XQResultSequence` object is tied to the `XQPreparedExpression` from which it was prepared and is closed implicitly if that expression is either closed or if re-executed.

The `XQPreparedExpression` object is dependent on the `XQConnection` object from which it was created and is only valid for the duration of that object. Thus, if the `XQConnection` object is closed then this `XQPreparedExpression` object will be implicitly closed and it can no longer be used.

An XQJ driver is not required to provide finalizer methods for the connection and other objects. Hence it is strongly recommended that users call close method explicitly to free any resources. It is also recommended that they do so under a final block to ensure that the object is closed even when there are exceptions. Not closing this object implicitly or explicitly might result in serious memory leaks.

When the `XQPreparedExpression` is closed any `XQResultSequence` object obtained from it is also implicitly closed.

Example -

      XQConnection conn = XQDataSource.getconnection();
      XQPreparedExpression expr = conn.prepareExpression
              ("for $i in (1) return 'abc' ");

      // get the sequence type out.. This would be something like xs:string *
      XQSequenceType type = expr.getStaticResultType();

      XQSequence result1 = expr.executeQuery();

      // process the result..
      result1.next();
      System.out.println(" First result1 "+ result1.getAtomicValue());

      XQResultSequence result2 = expr.executeQuery();

      // result1 is implicitly closed
      // recommended to close the result sequences explicitly.

      // process the result..
      while (result2.next())
         System.out.println(" result is "+ result2.getAtomicValue());

      result2.close();
      expr.close(); // closing expression implicitly closes all result sequence or
                    // items obtained from this expression.
      conn.close(); // closing connections will close expressions and results.

Method Summary
`void` `cancel()` Attempts to cancel the execution if both the XQuery engine and XQJ driver support aborting the execution of an `XQPreparedExpression`.
`void` `close()` Closes the expression object and release all resources associated with this prepared expression.
`XQResultSequence` `executeQuery()` Executes the prepared query expression.
`QName[]` `getAllExternalVariables()` Retrieves all the external variables defined in the prolog of the prepared expression.
`QName[]` `getAllUnboundExternalVariables()` Retrieves the names of all unbound external variables.
`XQStaticContext` `getStaticContext()` Gets an `XQStaticContext` representing the values for all expression properties.
`XQSequenceType` `getStaticResultType()` Gets the static type information of the result sequence.
`XQSequenceType` `getStaticVariableType(QName name)` Retrieves the static type of a given external variable.
`boolean` `isClosed()` Checks if the prepared expression in a closed state.

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.xquery.XQDynamicContext
`bindAtomicValue, bindBoolean, bindByte, bindDocument, bindDocument, bindDocument, bindDocument, bindDocument, bindDouble, bindFloat, bindInt, bindItem, bindLong, bindNode, bindObject, bindSequence, bindShort, bindString, getImplicitTimeZone, setImplicitTimeZone`

Method Detail

### cancel

    void cancel()
                throws XQException

  Attempts to cancel the execution if both the XQuery engine and XQJ driver support aborting the execution of an `XQPreparedExpression`. This method can be used by one thread to cancel an `XQPreparedExpression`, that is being executed in another thread. If cancellation is not supported or the attempt to cancel the execution was not successful, the method returns without any error. If the cancellation is successful, an `XQException` is thrown, to indicate that it has been aborted, by `executeQuery`, `executeCommand` or any method accessing the `XQResultSequence` returned by `executeQuery`. If applicable, any open `XQResultSequence` and `XQResultItem` objects will also be implicitly closed in this case.

  Throws:
    `XQException` - if the prepared expression is in a closed state

### isClosed

    boolean isClosed()

  Checks if the prepared expression in a closed state.

  Returns:
    `true` if the prepared expression is in a closed state, `false` otherwise.

### close

    void close()
               throws XQException

  Closes the expression object and release all resources associated with this prepared expression. This also closes any result sequences obtained from this expression. Once the expression is closed, all methods on this object other than the `close` or `isClosed` will raise exceptions. Calling close on an `XQExpression` object that is already closed has no effect.

  Throws:
    `XQException` - if there are errors when closing the expression

### executeQuery

    XQResultSequence executeQuery()
                                  throws XQException

  Executes the prepared query expression. Calling this method implicitly closes any previous result sequence obtained from this expression.

  Returns:
    the xquery sequence object containing the result of the query execution
  Throws:
    `XQException` - if (1) there are errors when executing the prepared expression, (2) the prepared expression is in a closed state, or (3) the query execution is cancelled

### getAllExternalVariables

    QName[] getAllExternalVariables()
                                    throws XQException

  Retrieves all the external variables defined in the prolog of the prepared expression.

  Returns:
    an array of `QName` objects for all the external variables defined in the prolog of a prepared expression. Empty array if there are no external variables present.
  Throws:
    `XQException` - if the prepared expression is in a closed state

### getAllUnboundExternalVariables

    QName[] getAllUnboundExternalVariables()
                                           throws XQException

  Retrieves the names of all unbound external variables.

  Returns:
    the `QName` for all the external variables defined in the prolog of a prepared expression that are yet to be bound with a value. If there are no such variables an empty array is returned
  Throws:
    `XQException` - if the prepared expression is in a closed state

### getStaticResultType

    XQSequenceType getStaticResultType()
                                       throws XQException

  Gets the static type information of the result sequence. If an implementation does not do static typing of the query, then this method must return an `XQSequenceType` object corresponding to the XQuery sequence type `item()*`.

  Returns:
    `XQSequenceType` containing the static result information.
  Throws:
    `XQException` - if the prepared expression is in a closed state

### getStaticVariableType

    XQSequenceType getStaticVariableType(QName name)
                                         throws XQException

  Retrieves the static type of a given external variable.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the external variable
  Returns:
    the static type information of the variable as defined in the prolog of the prepared expression
  Throws:
    `XQException` - if (1) the variable does not exist in the static context of the expression, or (2) the sequence is in a closed state, or (3) the `name` parameter is `null`

### getStaticContext

    XQStaticContext getStaticContext()
                                     throws XQException

  Gets an `XQStaticContext` representing the values for all expression properties. Note that these properties cannot be changed; in order to change, a new `XQPreparedExpression` needs to be created.

  Returns:
    an `XQStaticContext` representing the values for all expression properties
  Throws:
    `XQException` - if the expression is in a closed state

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