org.apache.xalan.xpath
Class XString

java.lang.Object
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public class XString

extends XObject

This class represents an XPath string object, and is capable of converting the string to other types, such as a number.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class org.apache.xalan.xpath.XObject

CLASS_BOOLEAN, CLASS_NODESET, CLASS_NULL, CLASS_NUMBER, CLASS_RTREEFRAG, CLASS_STRING, CLASS_UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

XString(java.lang.String val)
Construct a XNodeSet object.

Method Summary

boolean	bool() Cast result object to a boolean.
static double	castToNum(java.lang.String s) Cast a string to a number.
boolean	equals(XObject obj2) Tell if two objects are functionally equal.
int	getType() Tell that this is a CLASS_STRING.
double	num() Cast result object to a number.
org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment	rtree(XPathSupport support) Cast result object to a result tree fragment.
java.lang.String	str() Cast result object to a string.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xalan.xpath.XObject

castToType, greaterThan, greaterThanOrEqual, lessThan, lessThanOrEqual, mutableNodeset, nodeset, notEquals, object, rtree, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XString

public XString(java.lang.String val)

Construct a XNodeSet object.

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Tell that this is a CLASS_STRING.

Overrides:

getType in class XObject

castToNum

public static double castToNum(java.lang.String s)

Cast a string to a number.

num

public double num()

Cast result object to a number.

Overrides:

num in class XObject

bool

public boolean bool()

Cast result object to a boolean.

Overrides:

bool in class XObject

str

public java.lang.String str()

Cast result object to a string.

Overrides:

str in class XObject

rtree

public org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment rtree(XPathSupport support)

Cast result object to a result tree fragment.

Overrides:

rtree in class XObject

equals

public boolean equals(XObject obj2)
               throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Tell if two objects are functionally equal.

Overrides:

equals in class XObject