Class Replace

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, SourceLocator, Container, Expression, InstructionInfoProvider

public class Replace extends SystemFunction
This class implements the replace() function for replacing substrings that match a regular expression
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  • Constructor Details

    • Replace

      public Replace()
  • Method Details

    • simplify

      public Expression simplify(StaticContext env) throws XPathException
      Simplify and validate. This is a pure function so it can be simplified in advance if the arguments are known
      Specified by:
      simplify in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      simplify in class FunctionCall
      Parameters:
      env - the static context
      Returns:
      the simplified expression
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error is discovered during expression rewriting
    • evaluateItem

      public Item evaluateItem(XPathContext c) throws XPathException
      Evaluate the function in a string context
      Specified by:
      evaluateItem in interface Expression
      Overrides:
      evaluateItem in class ComputedExpression
      Parameters:
      c - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
      Returns:
      the node or atomic value that results from evaluating the expression; or null to indicate that the result is an empty sequence
      Throws:
      XPathException - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the expression