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/*
 * $Header: /cvs/jaxen/jaxen/src/java/main/org/jaxen/function/StartsWithFunction.java,v 1.11 2006/02/05 21:47:41 elharo Exp $
 * $Revision: 1.11 $
 * $Date: 2006/02/05 21:47:41 $
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 * Copyright 2000-2002 bob mcwhirter & James Strachan.
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 * $Id: StartsWithFunction.java,v 1.11 2006/02/05 21:47:41 elharo Exp $
 */


package org.navimatrix.jaxen.function;

import java.util.List;

import org.navimatrix.jaxen.Context;
import org.navimatrix.jaxen.Function;
import org.navimatrix.jaxen.FunctionCallException;
import org.navimatrix.jaxen.Navigator;

/**
 * 4.2 boolean starts-with(string,string) 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * The starts-with function returns true if the first argument string starts 
 * with the second argument string, and otherwise returns false.
 * 
 * 
 * @author bob mcwhirter (bob @ werken.com)
 * @see Section 4.2 of the XPath Specification
 */
public class StartsWithFunction implements Function
{
    
    /**
     * Create a new StartsWithFunction object.
     */
    public StartsWithFunction() {}
    
    /** 
     * Returns true if the string-value of the first item in args
     * starts with the string-value of the second item in args. 
     * Otherwise it returns false.
     *
     * @param context the context at the point in the
     *         expression when the function is called
     * @param args a list that contains two items
     * 
     * @return Boolean.TRUE if the first item in args
     *     starts with the string-value of the second item in args;
     *     otherwise Boolean.FALSE
     * 
     * @throws FunctionCallException if args does not have length two
     */
    public Object call(Context context,
                       List args) throws FunctionCallException
    {
        if (args.size() == 2)
        {
            return evaluate( args.get(0),
                             args.get(1),
                             context.getNavigator() );
        }

        throw new FunctionCallException( "starts-with() requires two arguments." );
    }

    /** 
     * Returns true if the string-value of strArg
     * starts with the string-value of matchArg. 
     * Otherwise it returns false.
     * 
     * @param strArg the object whose string-value searched for the prefix
     * @param matchArg the object whose string-value becomes the prefix string to compare against
     * @param nav the navigator used to calculate the string-values of the arguments
     * 
     * @return Boolean.TRUE if the string-value of strArg
     *     starts with the string-value of matchArg;
     *     otherwise Boolean.FALSE
     * 
     */
    public static Boolean evaluate(Object strArg,
                                   Object matchArg,
                                   Navigator nav)
    {
        String str   = StringFunction.evaluate( strArg,
                                                nav );

        String match = StringFunction.evaluate( matchArg,
                                                nav );

        return ( str.startsWith(match)
                 ? Boolean.TRUE
                 : Boolean.FALSE
                 );
    }
     
}