net.sf.saxon.expr
public final class FirstItemExpression extends UnaryExpression
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FirstItemExpression(Expression base)
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int | computeCardinality()
Get the static cardinality |
Expression | copy()
Copy an expression. |
String | displayExpressionName() |
Item | evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
Evaluate the expression |
Expression | optimize(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ItemType contextItemType)
Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
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Expression | promote(PromotionOffer offer, Expression parent)
Promote this expression if possible |
Parameters: base A sequence expression denoting sequence whose first item is to be returned
Returns: the copy of the original expression
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.
Parameters: visitor an expresion 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 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)