net.sf.saxon.functions
Class Contains

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression
      net.sf.saxon.expr.FunctionCall
          net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction
              net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction
                  net.sf.saxon.functions.Contains

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SourceLocator, EvaluableItem, SequenceIterable, InstructionInfoProvider

public class Contains
extends CollatingFunction

This class implements the contains(), starts-with(), ends-with(), substring-before(), and substring-after() functions

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	AFTER
static int	BEFORE
static int	CONTAINS
static int	ENDSWITH
static int	STARTSWITH

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

EVALUATE_METHOD, ITERATE_METHOD, PROCESS_METHOD

Constructor Summary

Contains()

Method Summary

Item	evaluateItem(XPathContext context) Evaluate the function

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.CollatingFunction

checkArguments, copy, getExpressionBaseURI, getStringCollator

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

addDocToPathMap, computeCardinality, computeSpecialProperties, getDetails, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getItemType, makeSystemFunction, optimize, setDetails

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

addExternalFunctionCallToPathMap, equals, explain, getArguments, getDisplayName, getFunctionName, getNumberOfArguments, hashCode, iterateSubExpressions, preEvaluate, promote, replaceSubExpression, setArguments, setFunctionName, simplify, toString, typeCheck

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

addToPathMap, adoptChildExpression, checkPermittedContents, computeDependencies, computeStaticProperties, display, doPromotion, effectiveBooleanValue, evaluateAsString, explain, findParentOf, getCardinality, getColumnNumber, getContainer, getDependencies, getExecutable, getHostLanguage, getImplementationMethod, getInstructionInfo, getIntrinsicDependencies, getLineNumber, getLocationId, getLocationProvider, getPublicId, getSlotsUsed, getSpecialProperties, getSystemId, hasLoopingSubexpression, implementsStaticTypeCheck, iterate, iterateEvents, markTailFunctionCalls, process, setContainer, setFiltered, setFlattened, setLocationId, staticTypeCheck, suppressValidation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CONTAINS

public static final int CONTAINS

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Constant Field Values

STARTSWITH

public static final int STARTSWITH

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Constant Field Values

ENDSWITH

public static final int ENDSWITH

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Constant Field Values

AFTER

public static final int AFTER

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Constant Field Values

BEFORE

public static final int BEFORE

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Constructor Detail

Contains

public Contains()

Method Detail

evaluateItem

public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext context)
                  throws XPathException

Evaluate the function

Specified by:

evaluateItem in interface EvaluableItem

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