Class NormalizeSpace

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

public class NormalizeSpace extends SystemFunction
Implement the XPath normalize-space() function
See Also:
  • Constructor Details

    • NormalizeSpace

      public NormalizeSpace()
  • Method Details

    • getIntrinsicDependencies

      public int getIntrinsicDependencies()
      Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived from the dependencies of its subexpressions. For example, position() has an intrinsic dependency on the context position, while (position()+1) does not. The default implementation of the method returns 0, indicating "no dependencies".
      Overrides:
      getIntrinsicDependencies in class Expression
      Returns:
      a set of bit-significant flags identifying the "intrinsic" dependencies. The flags are documented in class net.sf.saxon.value.StaticProperty
    • typeCheck

      public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType) throws XPathException
      Description copied from class: FunctionCall
      Type-check the expression. This also calls preEvaluate() to evaluate the function if all the arguments are constant; functions that do not require this behavior can override the preEvaluate method.
      Overrides:
      typeCheck in class FunctionCall
      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 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)
    • preEvaluate

      public Expression preEvaluate(ExpressionVisitor visitor) throws XPathException
      Pre-evaluate a function at compile time. Functions that do not allow pre-evaluation, or that need access to context information, can override this method.
      Overrides:
      preEvaluate in class FunctionCall
      Parameters:
      visitor - an expression visitor
      Returns:
      the result of the early evaluation, or the original expression, or potentially a simplified expression
      Throws:
      XPathException
    • evaluateItem

      public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c) throws XPathException
      Evaluate in a general context
      Specified by:
      evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem
      Overrides:
      evaluateItem in class Expression
      Parameters:
      c - 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 c) 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.

      This method is implemented for normalize-space() because it is quite often used in a boolean context to test whether a value exists and is non-white, and because testing for the presence of non-white characters is a lot more efficient than constructing the normalized string, especially because of early-exit.

      Overrides:
      effectiveBooleanValue in class Expression
      Parameters:
      c - 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