## net.sf.saxon.expr
Class PromotionOffer

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.expr.PromotionOffer

    public class PromotionOffer

extends java.lang.Object

PromotionOffer is an object used transiently during compilation of an expression. It contains information passed by a containing expression to its subexpressions, when looking for subexpressions that can be promoted to a higher level because they are not dependent on the context established by the containing expression. The object is also used to pass back return information when the promotion actually takes place.

Field Summary
`boolean` `accepted` Flag that is set if the offer has been accepted, that is, if the expression has changed
`int` `action` action is one of the possible promotion actions, FOCUS_INDEPENDENT, RANGE_INDEPENDENT, INLINE_VARIABLE_REFERENCES, UNORDERED, EXTRACT_GLOBAL_VARIABLES
`Binding[]` `bindingList` In the case of RANGE_INDEPENDENT, "binding" identifies the range variables whose dependencies we are looking for.
`Expression` `containingExpression` When a promotion offer is made, containingExpression identifies the level to which the promotion should occur.
`static int` `EXTRACT_GLOBAL_VARIABLES` EXTRACT_GLOBAL_VARIABLES identifies subexpressions that are not constant, but have no dependencies other than on global variables or parameters (they must also be non-creative).
`static int` `FOCUS_INDEPENDENT` FOCUS_INDEPENDENT requests promotion of all non-trivial subexpressions that don't depend on the focus.
`static int` `INLINE_VARIABLE_REFERENCES` Inline variable references causes all references to a variable V to be replaced by the expression E.
`boolean` `promoteDocumentDependent` In the case of FOCUS_INDEPENDENT, "promoteDocumentDependent" is a boolean that, when set to true, indicates that it is safe to promote a subexpression that depends on the context document but not on other aspects of the focus.
`boolean` `promoteXSLTFunctions` In the case of FOCUS_INDEPENDENT, "promoteXSLTFunctions" is a boolean that, when set to true, indicates that it is safe to promote XSLT functions such as current().
`static int` `RANGE_INDEPENDENT` RANGE_INDEPENDENT requests promotion of all non-trivial subexpressions that don't depend on a specified range variable.
`static int` `REPLACE_CURRENT` REPLACE_CURRENT causes calls to the XSLT current() function to be replaced by reference to a variable.
`boolean` `retainAllNodes` In the case of UNORDERED, "retainAllNodes" is a boolean that is set to true if the nodes can be delivered in any order so long as the right number of nodes are delivered.
`static int` `UNORDERED` UNORDERED indicates that the containing expression does not require the results to be delivered in any particular order.
`ExpressionVisitor` `visitor` The expression visitor in use

Constructor Summary
`PromotionOffer(Optimizer optimizer)` Create a PromotionOffer for use with a particular Optimizer

Method Summary
`Expression` `accept(Expression child)` Method to test whether a subexpression qualifies for promotion, and if so, to accept the promotion.
`Optimizer` `getOptimizer()` Get the optimizer in use

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

Field Detail

### FOCUS_INDEPENDENT

    public static final int FOCUS_INDEPENDENT

  FOCUS_INDEPENDENT requests promotion of all non-trivial subexpressions that don't depend on the focus. This is typically used to extract subexpressions from a filter predicate. The offer is optional - each subexpression can decide whether it's worth the trouble of promoting itself. The offer is normally passed on to subexpressions, except subexpressions that are evaluated with a different focus

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### RANGE_INDEPENDENT

    public static final int RANGE_INDEPENDENT

  RANGE_INDEPENDENT requests promotion of all non-trivial subexpressions that don't depend on a specified range variable. This is typically used to extract subexpressions from the action of a for expression or the condition of a some/every quantified expression. The offer is optional - each subexpression can decide whether it's worth the trouble of promoting itself. The offer is normally passed on to subexpressions, except subexpressions that are evaluated with a different focus or a different range variable, because these may have other dependencies that prevent their promotion.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### INLINE_VARIABLE_REFERENCES

    public static final int INLINE_VARIABLE_REFERENCES

  Inline variable references causes all references to a variable V to be replaced by the expression E. The variable is supplied in the "binding" property; the replacement expression in the containingExpression property. A special case is where the replacement expression is a ContextItemExpression; in this case the offer is not passed on to subexpressions where the context is different.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### UNORDERED

    public static final int UNORDERED

  UNORDERED indicates that the containing expression does not require the results to be delivered in any particular order. The boolean mustEliminateDuplicates is set if duplicate items in the result are not allowed.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### REPLACE_CURRENT

    public static final int REPLACE_CURRENT

  REPLACE_CURRENT causes calls to the XSLT current() function to be replaced by reference to a variable. The variable binding is the single member of the array bindingList

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### EXTRACT_GLOBAL_VARIABLES

    public static final int EXTRACT_GLOBAL_VARIABLES

  EXTRACT_GLOBAL_VARIABLES identifies subexpressions that are not constant, but have no dependencies other than on global variables or parameters (they must also be non-creative). Such expressions can be extracted from a function or template and converted into global variables. This optimization is done in Saxon-SA only.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### visitor

    public ExpressionVisitor visitor

  The expression visitor in use

### action

    public int action

  action is one of the possible promotion actions, FOCUS_INDEPENDENT, RANGE_INDEPENDENT, INLINE_VARIABLE_REFERENCES, UNORDERED, EXTRACT_GLOBAL_VARIABLES

### promoteDocumentDependent

    public boolean promoteDocumentDependent

  In the case of FOCUS_INDEPENDENT, "promoteDocumentDependent" is a boolean that, when set to true, indicates that it is safe to promote a subexpression that depends on the context document but not on other aspects of the focus. This is the case, for example, in a filter expression when it is known that all the nodes selected by the expression will be in the same document - as happens when the filter is applied to a path expression. This allows subexpressions such as key() to be promoted

### promoteXSLTFunctions

    public boolean promoteXSLTFunctions

  In the case of FOCUS_INDEPENDENT, "promoteXSLTFunctions" is a boolean that, when set to true, indicates that it is safe to promote XSLT functions such as current(). This flag is set when rewriting XPath expressions and is unset when rewriting XSLT templates.

### retainAllNodes

    public boolean retainAllNodes

  In the case of UNORDERED, "retainAllNodes" is a boolean that is set to true if the nodes can be delivered in any order so long as the right number of nodes are delivered. If this boolean is false, the caller doesn't care whether duplicate nodes are retained or whether they are eliminated.

### bindingList

    public Binding[] bindingList

  In the case of RANGE_INDEPENDENT, "binding" identifies the range variables whose dependencies we are looking for. For INLINE_VARIABLE_REFERENCES it is a single Binding that we are aiming to inline

### containingExpression

    public Expression containingExpression

  When a promotion offer is made, containingExpression identifies the level to which the promotion should occur. When a subexpression is promoted, an expression of the form let $VAR := SUB return ORIG is created, and this replaces the original containingExpression within the PromotionOffer.

### accepted

    public boolean accepted

  Flag that is set if the offer has been accepted, that is, if the expression has changed

Constructor Detail

### PromotionOffer

    public PromotionOffer(Optimizer optimizer)

  Create a PromotionOffer for use with a particular Optimizer

  Parameters:
    `optimizer` - the optimizer

Method Detail

### getOptimizer

    public Optimizer getOptimizer()

  Get the optimizer in use

  Returns:
    the optimizer

### accept

    public Expression accept(Expression child)
                      throws XPathException

  Method to test whether a subexpression qualifies for promotion, and if so, to accept the promotion.

  Parameters:
    `child` - the subexpression in question
  Returns:
    if promotion was done, returns the expression that should be used in place of the child expression. If no promotion was done, returns null. If promotion is determined not to be necessary for this subtree, returns the supplied child expression unchanged
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

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