## net.sf.saxon.functions
Class Minimax

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.expr.ComputedExpression
          net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
              net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
                  net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
                      net.sf.saxon.functions.Minimax

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

public class Minimax
extends CollatingFunction

This class implements the min() and max() functions

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary
`static int` `MAX`
`static int` `MIN`

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
`conversionContext`

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
`operation`

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
`argument`

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
`Minimax()`

Method Summary
`void` `checkArguments(StaticContext env)` Static analysis: prevent sorting of the argument
`Item` `evaluateItem(XPathContext context)` Evaluate the function
`Expression` `optimize(Optimizer opt, StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType)` Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
`void` `setIgnoreNaN(boolean ignore)`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
`getAtomicComparer, getCollator, preEvaluate`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
`addContextDocumentArgument, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, display, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, getRequiredType, main, makeSystemFunction, setDetails, useContextItemAsDefault`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
`checkArgumentCount, getDisplayName, getFunctionNameCode, getNumberOfArguments, iterateSubExpressions, promote, setArguments, setFunctionNameCode, simplify, simplifyArguments, typeCheck`

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

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

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

Field Detail

### MIN

    public static final int MIN

See Also:
  Constant Field Values

### MAX

    public static final int MAX

See Also:
  Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### Minimax

    public Minimax()

Method Detail

### setIgnoreNaN

    public void setIgnoreNaN(boolean ignore)

### checkArguments

    public void checkArguments(StaticContext env)
                        throws XPathException

  Static analysis: prevent sorting of the argument

  Overrides:
    `checkArguments` in class `CollatingFunction`
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### optimize

    public Expression optimize(Optimizer opt,
                               StaticContext env,
                               ItemType contextItemType)
                        throws XPathException

  Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.

  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.

  Specified by:
    `optimize` in interface `Expression`
  Overrides:
    `optimize` in class `FunctionCall`
  Parameters:
    `opt` - the optimizer in use. This provides access to supporting functions; it also allows different optimization strategies to be used in different circumstances.
    `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 if appropriate to optimize execution
  Throws:
    `StaticError` - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)
    `XPathException`

### evaluateItem

    public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                      throws XPathException

  Evaluate the function

  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