javax.xml.xpath: public interface: XPathFunction

javax.xml.xpath
public interface: XPathFunction [javadoc | source]

XPathFunction provides access to XPath functions.

Functions are identified by QName and arity in XPath.

author: < - a href="mailto:Norman.Walsh@Sun.com">Norman Walsh

author: < - a href="mailto:Jeff.Suttor@Sun.com">Jeff Suttor

since: 1.5 -

Method from javax.xml.xpath.XPathFunction Summary:
evaluate

Method from javax.xml.xpath.XPathFunction Detail:
public Object evaluate(List args) throws XPathFunctionException Evaluate the function with the specified arguments. To the greatest extent possible, side-effects should be avoided in the definition of extension functions. The implementation evaluating an XPath expression is under no obligation to call extension functions in any particular order or any particular number of times.

Method from javax.xml.xpath.XPathFunction Detail:

 public Object evaluate(List args) throws XPathFunctionExceptionEvaluate the function with the specified arguments.

To the greatest extent possible, side-effects should be avoided in the
definition of extension functions. The implementation evaluating an
XPath expression is under no obligation to call extension functions in
any particular order or any particular number of times.