org.jaxen.function

Class StartsWithFunction

java.lang.Object

org.jaxen.function.StartsWithFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

Function

public class StartsWithFunction
extends Object
implements Function

4.2 boolean starts-with(string,string)

The starts-with function returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string, and otherwise returns false.

Author:

bob mcwhirter (bob @ werken.com)

See Also:

Section 4.2 of the XPath Specification

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StartsWithFunction() Create a new StartsWithFunction object.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	call(Context context, List args) Returns true if the string-value of the first item in args starts with the string-value of the second item in args.
static Boolean	evaluate(Object strArg, Object matchArg, Navigator nav) Returns true if the string-value of strArg starts with the string-value of matchArg.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StartsWithFunction

public StartsWithFunction()

Create a new StartsWithFunction object.

Method Detail

call

public Object call(Context context,
          List args)
            throws FunctionCallException

Returns true if the string-value of the first item in args starts with the string-value of the second item in args. Otherwise it returns false.

Specified by:

call in interface Function

Parameters:

context - the context at the point in the expression when the function is called

args - a list that contains two items

Returns:

Boolean.TRUE if the first item in args starts with the string-value of the second item in args; otherwise Boolean.FALSE

Throws:

FunctionCallException - if args does not have length two

evaluate

public static Boolean evaluate(Object strArg,
               Object matchArg,
               Navigator nav)

Returns true if the string-value of strArg starts with the string-value of matchArg. Otherwise it returns false.

Parameters:

strArg - the object whose string-value searched for the prefix

matchArg - the object whose string-value becomes the prefix string to compare against

nav - the navigator used to calculate the string-values of the arguments

Returns:

Boolean.TRUE if the string-value of strArg starts with the string-value of matchArg; otherwise Boolean.FALSE