Package com.saxonica.functions.extfn

Class CharactersFn

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.functions.AbstractFunction

net.sf.saxon.functions.SystemFunction

com.saxonica.functions.extfn.CharactersFn

All Implemented Interfaces:

Callable, FunctionItem, GroundedValue, Item, Sequence

public class CharactersFn
extends SystemFunction

Implements the saxon:characters() function. This splits a supplied string into a sequence of single-character strings

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CharactersFn()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Sequence	call(XPathContext context, Sequence[] arguments)	Evaluate this function call

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

dependsOnContextItem, dynamicCall, equals, export, exportAdditionalArguments, exportAttributes, fixArguments, getArity, getCardinality, getContextNode, getDescription, getDetails, getElaborator, getErrorCodeForTypeErrors, getFunctionItemType, getFunctionName, getIntegerBounds, getNetCost, getOperandRoles, getRequiredType, getResultItemType, getResultItemType, getRetainedStaticContext, getSpecialProperties, getStaticBaseUriString, getStreamerName, getUniStringArg, hashCode, importAttributes, isSequenceVariadic, isTrustedResultType, makeCall, makeFunction, makeFunction40, makeFunctionCall, makeOptimizedFunctionCall, resultIfEmpty, setArity, setDetails, setRetainedStaticContext, supplyTypeInformation, toShortString, toString, typeCheckCaller

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

atomize, deepEqual40, deepEquals, effectiveBooleanValue, getAnnotations, getUnicodeStringValue, isArray, isMap, makeNewContext, simplify, typeCheck

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.FunctionItem

getGenre

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.GroundedValue

asIterable, concatenate, containsNode, materialize

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Item

getLength, getStringValue, head, isStreamed, itemAt, iterate, reduce, subsequence

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.om.Sequence

makeRepeatable

Constructor Details

CharactersFn

public CharactersFn()

Method Details

call

public Sequence call(XPathContext context,
 Sequence[] arguments)
              throws XPathException

Evaluate this function call

Parameters:

context - The XPath dynamic evaluation context

arguments - The values of the arguments to the function call. Each argument value (which is in general a sequence) is supplied in the form of a sequence.

Returns:

the results of the function.

Throws:

XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during evaluation of the function. The Saxon run-time code will add information about the error location.