Class ReplaceWith

All Implemented Interfaces:
Callable, StatefulSystemFunction, FunctionItem, GroundedValue, Item, Sequence

public class ReplaceWith extends RegexFunction
This class implements the saxon:replace-with() function for replacing substrings that match a regular expression by means of a callback to a user-supplied function

The function is obsolescent: use fn:replace with the action parameter in preference.

  • Constructor Details

    • ReplaceWith

      public ReplaceWith()
  • Method Details

    • allowRegexMatchingEmptyString

      protected boolean allowRegexMatchingEmptyString()
      Specified by:
      allowRegexMatchingEmptyString in class RegexFunction
    • call

      public StringValue call(XPathContext context, Sequence[] arguments) throws XPathException
      Evaluate the expression
      Parameters:
      context - the dynamic evaluation context
      arguments - the values of the arguments, supplied as SequenceIterators
      Returns:
      the result of the evaluation, in the form of a SequenceIterator
      Throws:
      XPathException - if a dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression