org.jaxen.function.ext

Class LowerFunction

Implemented Interfaces:
Function

public class LowerFunction
extends LocaleFunctionSupport

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

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

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

Method Summary

Object
call(Context context, List args)
Evaluate this function.
static String
evaluate(Object strArg, Locale locale, Navigator nav)
Converts the given string value to lower case using an optional Locale

Methods inherited from class org.jaxen.function.ext.LocaleFunctionSupport

findLocale, findLocaleForLanguage, getLocale

Method Details

call

public Object call(Context context,
                   List args)
            throws FunctionCallException
Evaluate this function.
Specified by:
call in interface 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 String evaluate(Object strArg,
                              Locale locale,
                              Navigator nav)
Converts the given string value to lower 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 English should be used
nav - the Navigator to use