net.sf.saxon.functions

Interface StatefulSystemFunction

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnalyzeStringFn, CollatingFunctionFixed, CollationKeyFn, Compare, Contains, ContainsToken, DeepEqual, DistinctValues, EndsWith, FormatInteger, IndexOf, Matches, Minimax, Minimax.Max, Minimax.Min, RegexFunction, Replace, StartsWith, SubstringAfter, SubstringBefore, Tokenize_3, Translate

public interface StatefulSystemFunction

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SystemFunction	copy() Make a copy of this SystemFunction.

Method Detail

copy

SystemFunction copy()

Make a copy of this SystemFunction. This is required only for system functions such as regex functions that maintain state on behalf of a particular caller.

Returns:

a copy of the system function able to contain its own copy of the state on behalf of the caller.