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package net.sf.saxon.functions;

import net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression;
import net.sf.saxon.expr.FirstItemExpression;
import net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext;
import net.sf.saxon.om.Item;
import net.sf.saxon.om.Sequence;
import net.sf.saxon.om.SequenceTool;
import net.sf.saxon.trans.XPathException;

/**
 * This class implements the function fn:head(), which is a standard function in XPath 3.0
 */

public class HeadFn extends SystemFunction {

    @Override
    public Expression makeFunctionCall(Expression[] arguments) {
        return FirstItemExpression.makeFirstItemExpression(arguments[0]);
    }

    /**
     * Evaluate the expression
     *
     * @param context   the dynamic evaluation context
     * @param arguments the values of the arguments, supplied as Sequences
     * @return the result of the evaluation, in the form of a Sequence
     * @throws net.sf.saxon.trans.XPathException
     *          if a dynamic error occurs during the evaluation of the expression
     */
    @Override
    public Sequence call(XPathContext context, Sequence[] arguments) throws XPathException {
        Item head = arguments[0].head();
        return SequenceTool.itemOrEmpty(head);
    }
}