org.jaxen.function.ext
Class UpperFunction

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.jaxen.function.ext.LocaleFunctionSupport
      extended byorg.jaxen.function.ext.UpperFunction
All Implemented Interfaces:
Function

public class UpperFunction
extends LocaleFunctionSupport

string upper-case(string) This function can take a second parameter of the Locale to use for the String conversion.

For example upper-case( /foo/bar ) upper-case( /foo/@name, $myLocale )

Author:
mark wilson (markw@wilsoncom.de), James Strachan

Constructor Summary
UpperFunction()
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Object call(Context context, java.util.List args)
          Evaluate this function.
static java.lang.String evaluate(java.lang.Object strArg, java.util.Locale locale, Navigator nav)
          Converts the given string value to upper case using an optional Locale
 
Methods inherited from class org.jaxen.function.ext.LocaleFunctionSupport
findLocale, findLocaleForLanguage, getLocale
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

UpperFunction

public UpperFunction()
Method Detail

call

public java.lang.Object call(Context context,
                             java.util.List args)
                      throws FunctionCallException
Description copied from interface: Function
Evaluate this function.

Parameters:
context - the context at the point in the expression when the function is called
args - arguments provided to the function
Returns:
the result of evaluating the function; a List (node-set), Double, Boolean, or String
Throws:
FunctionCallException - if an XPath error occurs during evaluation; for instance, if the number or type of the arguments is incorrect

evaluate

public static java.lang.String evaluate(java.lang.Object strArg,
                                        java.util.Locale locale,
                                        Navigator nav)
Converts the given string value to upper case using an optional Locale

Parameters:
strArg - the value which gets converted to a String
locale - the Locale to use for the conversion or null if English should be used
nav - the Navigator to use