## net.sf.saxon.instruct
Class ComputedElement

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
          net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction
              net.sf.saxon.instruct.ParentNodeConstructor
                  net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator
                      net.sf.saxon.instruct.ComputedElement

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, SourceLocator, Container, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, TailCallReturner, InstructionInfoProvider

    public class ComputedElement

extends ElementCreator

An instruction representing an xsl:element element in an XSLT stylesheet, or a computed element constructor in XQuery. (In both cases, if the element name is expressed as a compile-time expression, then a FixedElement instruction is used instead.)

See Also:
  `FixedElement`, Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

Constructor Summary
`ComputedElement(Expression elementName, Expression namespace, NamespaceResolver nsContext, SchemaType schemaType, int validation, boolean inheritNamespaces, boolean allowQName)` Create an instruction that creates a new element node

Method Summary
`void` `checkPermittedContents(SchemaType parentType, StaticContext env, boolean whole)` Check that any elements and attributes constructed or returned by this expression are acceptable in the content model of a given complex type.
`void` `display(int level, PrintStream out, Configuration config)` Display this instruction as an expression, for diagnostics
`int` `getInstructionNameCode()` Get the name of this instruction for diagnostic and tracing purposes
`ItemType` `getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)` Get the item type of the value returned by this instruction
`int` `getNameCode(XPathContext context)` Callback from the superclass ElementCreator to get the nameCode for the element name
`Expression` `getNameExpression()`
`Expression` `getNamespaceExpression()`
`NamespaceResolver` `getNamespaceResolver()`
`String` `getNewBaseURI(XPathContext context)` Get the base URI for the element being constructed
`Iterator` `iterateSubExpressions()` Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.
`boolean` `replaceSubExpression(Expression original, Expression replacement)` Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression
`Expression` `simplify(StaticContext env)` Simplify an expression.
`Expression` `typeCheck(StaticContext env, ItemType contextItemType)` Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator
`computeSpecialProperties, evaluateItem, getActiveNamespaces, getImplementationMethod, isInheritNamespaces, isValidating, processLeavingTail, setValidationMode, suppressValidation`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.instruct.ParentNodeConstructor
`computeCardinality, createsNewNodes, getBaseURI, getCardinality, getContentExpression, getSchemaType, getValidationMode, isLazyConstruction, isNamespaceSensitive, optimize, setBaseURI, setContentExpression, setLazyConstruction, setSchemaType`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction
`appendItem, evaluateAsString, getInstructionInfo, getSourceLocator, isXSLT, iterate, process, promote`

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

`adoptChildExpression, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, getColumnNumber, getContainingProcedure, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getParentExpression, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasBadParentPointer, markTailFunctionCalls, resetStaticProperties, setLocationId, setParentExpression, setParentExpression`

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

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator
`getColumnNumber, getLineNumber, getPublicId, getSystemId`

Constructor Detail

### ComputedElement

    public ComputedElement(Expression elementName,
                           Expression namespace,
                           NamespaceResolver nsContext,
                           SchemaType schemaType,
                           int validation,
                           boolean inheritNamespaces,
                           boolean allowQName)

  Create an instruction that creates a new element node

  Parameters:
    `elementName` - Expression that evaluates to produce the name of the element node as a lexical QName
    `namespace` - Expression that evaluates to produce the namespace URI of the element node. Set to null if the namespace is to be deduced from the prefix of the elementName.
    `nsContext` - Saved copy of the static namespace context for the instruction. Can be set to null if namespace is supplied.
    `schemaType` - The required schema type for the content
    `allowQName` -

Method Detail

### getNameExpression

    public Expression getNameExpression()

### getNamespaceExpression

    public Expression getNamespaceExpression()

### getNamespaceResolver

    public NamespaceResolver getNamespaceResolver()

### simplify

    public Expression simplify(StaticContext env)
                        throws XPathException

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

  Overrides:
    `simplify` in class `ParentNodeConstructor`
  Returns:
    the simplified expression
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting

### typeCheck

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

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  Perform type checking of an expression and its subexpressions. This is the second phase of static optimization.

  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.

  If the implementation returns a value other than "this", then it is required to ensure that the parent pointer and location information in the returned expression have been set up correctly. It should not rely on the caller to do this, although for historical reasons many callers do so.

  Overrides:
    `typeCheck` in class `ParentNodeConstructor`
  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:
    `StaticError` - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)
    `XPathException`

### getItemType

    public ItemType getItemType(TypeHierarchy th)

  Get the item type of the value returned by this instruction

  Overrides:
    `getItemType` in class `ElementCreator`
  Parameters:
    `th` -
  Returns:
    the item type

### iterateSubExpressions

    public Iterator iterateSubExpressions()

  Description copied from class: `ParentNodeConstructor`
  Get the immediate sub-expressions of this expression.

  Overrides:
    `iterateSubExpressions` in class `ParentNodeConstructor`
  Returns:
    an iterator containing the sub-expressions of this expression

### replaceSubExpression

    public boolean replaceSubExpression(Expression original,
                                        Expression replacement)

  Replace one subexpression by a replacement subexpression

  Specified by:
    `replaceSubExpression` in interface `Container`
  Overrides:
    `replaceSubExpression` in class `ParentNodeConstructor`
  Parameters:
    `original` - the original subexpression
    `replacement` - the replacement subexpression
  Returns:
    true if the original subexpression is found

### checkPermittedContents

    public void checkPermittedContents(SchemaType parentType,
                                       StaticContext env,
                                       boolean whole)
                                throws XPathException

  Check that any elements and attributes constructed or returned by this expression are acceptable in the content model of a given complex type. It's always OK to say yes, since the check will be repeated at run-time. The process of checking element and attribute constructors against the content model of a complex type also registers the type of content expected of those constructors, so the static validation can continue recursively.

  Overrides:
    `checkPermittedContents` in class `Expression`
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### getNameCode

    public int getNameCode(XPathContext context)
                    throws XPathException,
                           XPathException

  Callback from the superclass ElementCreator to get the nameCode for the element name

  Specified by:
    `getNameCode` in class `ElementCreator`
  Parameters:
    `context` - The evaluation context (not used)
  Returns:
    the name code for the element name
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### getNewBaseURI

    public String getNewBaseURI(XPathContext context)

  Description copied from class: `ElementCreator`
  Get the base URI for the element being constructed

  Specified by:
    `getNewBaseURI` in class `ElementCreator`

### getInstructionNameCode

    public int getInstructionNameCode()

  Get the name of this instruction for diagnostic and tracing purposes

  Overrides:
    `getInstructionNameCode` in class `Instruction`

### display

    public void display(int level,
                        PrintStream out,
                        Configuration config)

  Display this instruction as an expression, for diagnostics

  Specified by:
    `display` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `level` - indentation level for this expression
    `out` - Output destination

Copyright (C) Michael H. Kay. All rights reserved.