Package net.sf.saxon.type

Class StringToDouble

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.type.StringToDouble

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

StringToDouble11

public class StringToDouble
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

This class converts a string to an xs:double according to the rules in XML Schema 1.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	StringToDouble()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StringToDouble	getInstance()	Get the singleton instance
protected double	signedPositiveInfinity()
double	stringToNumber(java.lang.CharSequence s)	Convert a string to a double.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringToDouble

protected StringToDouble()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static StringToDouble getInstance()

Get the singleton instance

Returns:

the singleton instance of this class

stringToNumber

public double stringToNumber(java.lang.CharSequence s)
                      throws java.lang.NumberFormatException

Convert a string to a double.

Parameters:

s - the String to be converted

Returns:

a double representing the value of the String

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the value cannot be converted

signedPositiveInfinity

protected double signedPositiveInfinity()