com.marklogic.xcc.types

Interface XdmValue

All Known Subinterfaces:

ArrayNode, BooleanNode, CtsBox, CtsCircle, CtsPoint, CtsPolygon, JSArray, JSNull, JSObject, JsonItem, NullNode, NumberNode, ObjectNode, ResultItem, ResultSequence, XdmAtomic, XdmAttribute, XdmBinary, XdmComment, XdmDocument, XdmElement, XdmItem, XdmNode, XdmProcessingInstruction, XdmSequence<I>, XdmText, XSAnyURI, XSBase64Binary, XSBoolean, XSDate, XSDateTime, XSDayTimeDuration, XSDecimal, XSDouble, XSDuration, XSFloat, XSGDay, XSGMonth, XSGMonthDay, XSGYear, XSGYearMonth, XSHexBinary, XSInteger, XSQName, XSString, XSTime, XSUntypedAtomic, XSYearMonthDuration

public interface XdmValue

Base interface for XML Data Model (XDM) values represented as Java objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	asString() Return a String representation of this item, if possible.
ValueType	getValueType() The XQuery type specification instance for this value.

Method Detail

getValueType

ValueType getValueType()

The XQuery type specification instance for this value.

Returns:

An instance of ValueType that represents the XQuery Schema type of this value.

asString

java.lang.String asString()

Return a String representation of this item, if possible.

Returns:

A Java String representation of this value. Note that this is similar but not exactly equivalent to toString(). The toString() method will always return a printable String. This method may throw an exception for some types (such as binary()).

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - If the underlying value object cannot be represented as a String.