Class NumberFunction
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Function
4.4 number number(object)
The number function converts its argument to a number as follows:
a string that consists of optional whitespace followed by an optional minus sign followed by a Number followed by whitespace is converted to the IEEE 754 number that is nearest (according to the IEEE 754 round-to-nearest rule) to the mathematical value represented by the string; any other string is converted to NaN
boolean true is converted to 1; boolean false is converted to 0
a node-set is first converted to a string as if by a call to the string function and then converted in the same way as a string argument
an object of a type other than the four basic types is converted to a number in a way that is dependent on that type
If the argument is omitted, it defaults to a node-set with the context node as its only member.
NOTE: The number function should not be used for conversion of numeric data occurring in an element in an XML document unless the element is of a type that represents numeric data in a language-neutral format (which would typically be transformed into a language-specific format for presentation to a user). In addition, the number function cannot be used unless the language-neutral format used by the element is consistent with the XPath syntax for a Number.
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionReturns the number value ofargs.get(0)
, or the number value of the context node ifargs
is empty.static Double
Returns the number value ofobj
.static boolean
isNaN
(double val) Determines whether the argument is not a number (NaN) as defined by IEEE 754.static boolean
Determines whether the argument is not a number (NaN) as defined by IEEE 754.
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Field Details
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NaN
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Constructor Details
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NumberFunction
public NumberFunction()Create a newNumberFunction
object.
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Method Details
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call
Returns the number value ofargs.get(0)
, or the number value of the context node ifargs
is empty.- Specified by:
call
in interfaceFunction
- Parameters:
context
- the context at the point in the expression when the function is calledargs
- a list containing the single item to be converted to aDouble
- Returns:
- a
Double
- Throws:
FunctionCallException
- ifargs
has more than one item
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isNaN
public static boolean isNaN(double val) Determines whether the argument is not a number (NaN) as defined by IEEE 754.- Parameters:
val
- the double to test- Returns:
- true if the value is NaN, false otherwise
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isNaN
Determines whether the argument is not a number (NaN) as defined by IEEE 754.- Parameters:
val
- theDouble
to test- Returns:
- true if the value is NaN, false otherwise
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