## net.sf.saxon.sort
Class TupleExpression

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
          net.sf.saxon.sort.TupleExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Container, Expression, InstructionInfoProvider, java.io.Serializable, javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator

public class TupleExpression
extends ComputedExpression

A tuple expression is an expression that returns a tuple. Specifically, it is a list of n expressions, which are evaluated to create a list of n items. Tuple expressions are used during the evaluation of a FLWR expression. A tuple is not a value within the XPath/XQuery type system, so it is represented as an external object, specifically as a Java array wrapped inside an ObjectValue.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
`locationId, staticProperties`

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
`EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD`

Constructor Summary
`TupleExpression(int width)`

Method Summary
`Expression` `analyze(StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType)` Perform static analysis and optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
`int` `computeCardinality()` Get the cardinality of the expression.
`void` `display(int level, NamePool pool, java.io.PrintStream out)` Diagnostic print of expression structure.
`Item` `evaluateItem(XPathContext context)` Evaluate an expression as a single item.
`int` `getIntrinsicDependencies()` Determine the intrinsic dependencies of an expression, that is, those which are not derived from the dependencies of its subexpressions.
`ItemType` `getItemType()` Determine the data type of the expression, if possible.
`java.util.Iterator` `iterateSubExpressions()` Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
`Expression` `promote(PromotionOffer offer)` Offer promotion for this subexpression.
`void` `setExpression(int i, Expression exp)`
`Expression` `simplify(StaticContext env)` Simplify an expression.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression

`adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeSpecialProperties, computeStaticProperties, dynamicError, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getDependencies, getExecutable, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getParentExpression, getPublicId, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, iterate, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetStaticProperties, setLocationId, setParentExpression, typeError, typeError`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### TupleExpression

    public TupleExpression(int width)

Method Detail

### setExpression

    public void setExpression(int i,
                              Expression exp)

### simplify

    public Expression simplify(StaticContext env)
                        throws XPathException

  Description copied from class: `ComputedExpression`
  Simplify an expression. This performs any static optimization (by rewriting the expression as a different expression). The default implementation does nothing.

  Specified by:
    `simplify` in interface `Expression`
  Overrides:
    `simplify` in class `ComputedExpression`
  Returns:
    the simplified expression
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

### promote

    public Expression promote(PromotionOffer offer)
                       throws XPathException

  Description copied from class: `ComputedExpression`
  Offer promotion for this subexpression. The offer will be accepted if the subexpression is not dependent on the factors (e.g. the context item) identified in the PromotionOffer. By default the offer is not accepted - this is appropriate in the case of simple expressions such as constant values and variable references where promotion would give no performance advantage. This method is always called at compile time.

  Specified by:
    `promote` in interface `Expression`
  Overrides:
    `promote` in class `ComputedExpression`
  Parameters:
    `offer` - details of the offer, for example the offer to move expressions that don't depend on the context to an outer level in the containing expression
  Returns:
    if the offer is not accepted, return this expression unchanged. Otherwise return the result of rewriting the expression to promote this subexpression
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if any error is detected

### getItemType

    public ItemType getItemType()

  Description copied from interface: `Expression`
  Determine the data type of the expression, if possible. All expression return sequences, in general; this method determines the type of the items within the sequence, assuming that (a) this is known in advance, and (b) it is the same for all items in the sequence.

  This method should always return a result, though it may be the best approximation that is available at the time.

  Returns:
    a value such as Type.STRING, Type.BOOLEAN, Type.NUMBER, Type.NODE, or Type.ITEM (meaning not known at compile time)

### analyze

    public Expression analyze(StaticContext env,
                              ItemType contextItemType)
                       throws XPathException

  Description copied from interface: `Expression`
  Perform static analysis and optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.

  This checks statically that the operands of the expression have the correct type; if necessary it generates code to do run-time type checking or type conversion. A static type error is reported only if execution cannot possibly succeed, that is, if a run-time type error is inevitable. The call may return a modified form of the expression.

  This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved to the declaration of the function or variable. However, the types of such functions and variables may not be accurately known if they have not been explicitly declared.

  Parameters:
    `env` - the static context of the expression
    `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`

### display

    public void display(int level,
                        NamePool pool,
                        java.io.PrintStream out)

  Description copied from interface: `Expression`
  Diagnostic print of expression structure. The expression is written to the System.err output stream

  Parameters:
    `level` - indentation level for this expression
    `pool` - NamePool used to expand any names appearing in the expression
    `out` - Output destination

### evaluateItem

    public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                      throws XPathException

  Description copied from class: `ComputedExpression`
  Evaluate an expression as a single item. This always returns either a single Item or null (denoting the empty sequence). No conversion is done. This method should not be used unless the static type of the expression is a subtype of "item" or "item?": that is, it should not be called if the expression may return a sequence. There is no guarantee that this condition will be detected.

  Specified by:
    `evaluateItem` in interface `Expression`
  Overrides:
    `evaluateItem` in class `ComputedExpression`
  Parameters:
    `context` - 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

### computeCardinality

    public int computeCardinality()

  Get the cardinality of the expression. This is exactly one, in the sense that evaluating the TupleExpression returns a single tuple.

  Specified by:
    `computeCardinality` in class `ComputedExpression`
  Returns:
    the static cardinality - EXACTLY_ONE

### getIntrinsicDependencies

    public int getIntrinsicDependencies()

  Description copied from class: `ComputedExpression`
  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 `ComputedExpression`
  Returns:
    a set of bit-significant flags identifying the "intrinsic" dependencies. The flags are documented in class net.sf.saxon.value.StaticProperty

### iterateSubExpressions

    public java.util.Iterator iterateSubExpressions()

  Description copied from class: `ComputedExpression`
  Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression. Default implementation returns a zero-length array, appropriate for an expression that has no sub-expressions.

  Specified by:
    `iterateSubExpressions` in interface `Expression`
  Overrides:
    `iterateSubExpressions` in class `ComputedExpression`
  Returns:
    an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression