net.sf.saxon.functions

Class ExecutableFunctionLibrary

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.functions.ExecutableFunctionLibrary

All Implemented Interfaces:

FunctionLibrary

public class ExecutableFunctionLibrary
extends Object
implements FunctionLibrary

An ExecutableFunctionLibrary is a function library that contains definitions of functions for use at run-time. Normally functions are bound at compile-time; however there are various situations in which the information is needed dynamically, for example (a) to support the XSLT function-available() call (in the pathological case where the argument is not known statically), (b) to allow functions to be called from saxon:evaluate(), (c) to allow functions to be called from a debugging breakpoint.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExecutableFunctionLibrary(Configuration config) Create the ExecutableFunctionLibrary

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addFunction(UserFunction fn) Register a function with the function library
Expression	bind(SymbolicName.F functionName, Expression[] staticArgs, StaticContext env, List<String> reasons) Bind a function, given the URI and local parts of the function name, and the list of expressions supplied as arguments.
FunctionLibrary	copy() This method creates a copy of a FunctionLibrary: if the original FunctionLibrary allows new functions to be added, then additions to this copy will not affect the original, or vice versa.
boolean	isAvailable(SymbolicName.F functionName) Test whether a function with a given name and arity is available
Iterator<UserFunction>	iterateFunctions() Iterate over all the functions defined in this function library.

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.functions.FunctionLibrary

setConfiguration

Constructor Detail

ExecutableFunctionLibrary

public ExecutableFunctionLibrary(Configuration config)

Create the ExecutableFunctionLibrary

Parameters:

config - the Saxon configuration

Method Detail

addFunction

public void addFunction(UserFunction fn)

Register a function with the function library

Parameters:

fn - the function to be registered

bind

public Expression bind(SymbolicName.F functionName,
                       Expression[] staticArgs,
                       StaticContext env,
                       List<String> reasons)

Bind a function, given the URI and local parts of the function name, and the list of expressions supplied as arguments. This method is called at compile time.

Specified by:

bind in interface FunctionLibrary

Parameters:

functionName - The name of the function to be called

staticArgs - The expressions supplied statically in the function call. The intention is that the static type of the arguments (obtainable via getItemType() and getCardinality() may be used as part of the binding algorithm.

env - the static evaluation context

reasons - If no matching function is found by the function library, it may add a diagnostic explanation to this list explaining why none of the available functions could be used.

Returns:

An object representing the extension function to be called, if one is found; null if no extension function was found matching the required name and arity.

isAvailable

public boolean isAvailable(SymbolicName.F functionName)

Test whether a function with a given name and arity is available

This supports the function-available() function in XSLT.

Specified by:

isAvailable in interface FunctionLibrary

Parameters:

functionName - the qualified name of the function being called

Returns:

true if a function of this name and arity is available for calling

copy

public FunctionLibrary copy()

This method creates a copy of a FunctionLibrary: if the original FunctionLibrary allows new functions to be added, then additions to this copy will not affect the original, or vice versa.

Specified by:

copy in interface FunctionLibrary

Returns:

a copy of this function library. This must be an instance of the original class.

iterateFunctions

public Iterator<UserFunction> iterateFunctions()

Iterate over all the functions defined in this function library. The objects returned by the iterator are of class UserFunction

Returns:

an iterator delivering the UserFunction objects representing the user-defined functions in a stylesheet or query