org.ucl.xpath.function
Class FnSubstringBefore

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.ucl.xpath.function.Function
      extended byorg.ucl.xpath.function.FnSubstringBefore

public class FnSubstringBefore
extends Function

Returns the substring of the value of $arg1 that precedes in the value of $arg1 the first occurrence of a sequence of collation units that provides a minimal match to the collation units of $arg2 according to the collation that is used.


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.ucl.xpath.function.Function
_arity, _fl, _name
 
Constructor Summary
FnSubstringBefore()
          Constructor for FnSubstringBefore.
 
Method Summary
 ResultSequence evaluate(java.util.Collection args)
          Evaluate arguments.
static java.util.Collection expected_args()
          Obtain a list of expected arguments.
static ResultSequence substring_before(java.util.Collection args)
          Substring-Before operation.
 
Methods inherited from class org.ucl.xpath.function.Function
arity, convert_argument, convert_arguments, dynamic_context, name, set_function_library, signature, signature, signature, static_context
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

FnSubstringBefore

public FnSubstringBefore()
Constructor for FnSubstringBefore.

Method Detail

evaluate

public ResultSequence evaluate(java.util.Collection args)
                        throws DynamicError
Evaluate arguments.

Specified by:
evaluate in class Function
Parameters:
args - argument expressions.
Returns:
Result of evaluation.
Throws:
DynamicError - Dynamic error.

substring_before

public static ResultSequence substring_before(java.util.Collection args)
                                       throws DynamicError
Substring-Before operation.

Parameters:
args - Result from the expressions evaluation.
Returns:
Result of fn:substring-before operation.
Throws:
DynamicError - Dynamic error.

expected_args

public static java.util.Collection expected_args()
Obtain a list of expected arguments.

Returns:
Result of operation.