Class Substring

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression

net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall

net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.Substring

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, LocationProvider, SaxonLocator, InstructionInfo, Locator

public class Substring
extends SystemFunction

This class implements the XPath substring() function

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class SystemFunction

operation

Fields inherited from class FunctionCall

argument

Fields inherited from class Expression

EFFECTIVE_BOOLEAN_VALUE, EVALUATE_METHOD, EVENT_FEED_METHOD, ITEM_FEED_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, locationId, MAX_SEQUENCE_LENGTH, MAX_STRING_LENGTH, PROCESS_METHOD, PUSH_SELECTION, staticProperties, UNBOUNDED_LOWER, UNBOUNDED_UPPER, WATCH_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Substring()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context)	Evaluate the function
static CharSequence	substring(StringValue sv, NumericValue start)	Implement the substring function with two arguments.
static CharSequence	substring(StringValue sv, NumericValue start, NumericValue len, XPathContext context)	Implement the substring function with three arguments.
Expression	typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor, ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)	Type-check the expression.

Methods inherited from class SystemFunction

addContextDocumentArgument, addDocToPathMap, checkArguments, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, copy, equals, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getImplementationMethod, getItemType, getOperation, getRequiredType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails, useContextItemAsDefault

Methods inherited from class FunctionCall

addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, checkArgumentCount, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getExpressionName, getFunctionName, getNumberOfArguments, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, preEvaluate, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionName, simplify, simplifyArguments, toString

Methods inherited from class Expression

addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkForUpdatingSubexpressions, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, doPromotion, dynamicError, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, evaluatePendingUpdates, explain, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getColumnNumber, getConstructType, getContainer, getDependencies, getEvaluationMethod, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getIntegerBounds, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getObjectName, getProperties, getProperty, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, hasVariableBinding, implementsStaticTypeCheck, isSubtreeExpression, isUpdatingExpression, isVacuousExpression, iterate, iterateEvents, iterateSameFocusSubExpressions, markTailFunctionCalls, process, resetLocalStaticProperties, setContainer, setEvaluationMethod, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation, typeError

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Substring

public Substring()

Method Details

typeCheck

public Expression typeCheck(ExpressionVisitor visitor,
 ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType contextItemType)
                     throws XPathException

Type-check the expression. This also calls preEvaluate() to evaluate the function if all the arguments are constant; functions that do not require this behavior can override the preEvaluate method.

Overrides:

typeCheck in class FunctionCall

Parameters:

visitor - an expression visitor

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:

XPathException - if an error is discovered during this phase (typically a type error)

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Evaluate the function

Overrides:

evaluateItem in class Expression

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

substring

public static CharSequence substring(StringValue sv,
 NumericValue start)

Implement the substring function with two arguments.

Parameters:

sv - the string value

start - the numeric offset (1-based) of the first character to be included in the result (if not an integer, the XPath rules apply)

Returns:

the substring starting at this position.

substring

public static CharSequence substring(StringValue sv,
 NumericValue start,
 NumericValue len,
 XPathContext context)

Implement the substring function with three arguments.

Parameters:

sv - the string value

start - the numeric offset (1-based) of the first character to be included in the result (if not an integer, the XPath rules apply)

len - the length of the required substring (again, XPath rules apply)

context - the XPath dynamic context. Provided because some arithmetic computations require it

Returns:

the substring starting at this position.