com.icl.saxon.functions
Class Translate

java.lang.Object
  com.icl.saxon.expr.Expression
      com.icl.saxon.expr.Function
          com.icl.saxon.functions.Translate

public class Translate

extends Function

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.icl.saxon.expr.Function

argument

Fields inherited from class com.icl.saxon.expr.Expression

staticContext

Constructor Summary

Translate()

Method Summary

Value	evaluate(Context c) Evaluate in a general context
java.lang.String	evaluateAsString(Context context) Evaluate the function in a string context
int	getDataType() Determine the data type of the expression
int	getDependencies() Get dependencies
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of the function.
Expression	reduce(int dep, Context c) Remove dependencies
Expression	simplify() Simplfy and validate

Methods inherited from class com.icl.saxon.expr.Function

addArgument, checkArgumentCount, display, getNumberOfArguments

Methods inherited from class com.icl.saxon.expr.Expression

containsReferences, enumerate, evaluateAsBoolean, evaluateAsNodeSet, evaluateAsNumber, getStaticContext, indent, isContextDocumentNodeSet, make, outputStringValue, setStaticContext, usesCurrent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Translate

public Translate()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from class: Function

Get the name of the function. This method must be implemented in all subclasses.

Specified by:

getName in class Function

Returns:

the name of the function, as used in XSL expressions, but excluding its namespace prefix

getDataType

public int getDataType()

Determine the data type of the expression

Specified by:

getDataType in class Expression

Returns:

Value.STRING

simplify

public Expression simplify()
                    throws XPathException

Simplfy and validate

Overrides:

simplify in class Expression

Returns:

the simplified expression

Throws:

XPathException

evaluateAsString

public java.lang.String evaluateAsString(Context context)
                                  throws XPathException

Evaluate the function in a string context

Overrides:

evaluateAsString in class Expression

Parameters:

context - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated

Returns:

the value of the expression, evaluated in the current context

Throws:

XPathException

evaluate

public Value evaluate(Context c)
               throws XPathException

Evaluate in a general context

Specified by:

evaluate in class Expression

Parameters:

c - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated

Returns:

the value of the expression, evaluated in the current context

Throws:

XPathException

getDependencies

public int getDependencies()

Get dependencies

Specified by:

getDependencies in class Expression

reduce

public Expression reduce(int dep,
                         Context c)
                  throws XPathException

Remove dependencies

Specified by:

reduce in class Expression

Parameters:

dep - The dependencies to be removed, e.g. Context.VARIABLES

c - The context to be used for the partial evaluation

Returns:

a new expression (or Value) that does not have any of the specified dependencies

Throws:

XPathException