Module: Saxon::ItemType::LexicalStringConversion

Defined in:

lib/saxon/item_type/lexical_string_conversion.rb

Overview

A collection of lamba-like objects for converting Ruby values into lexical strings for specific XSD datatypes

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Convertors, Errors, PatternFragments, Patterns Classes: ByteConversion, DurationConversion, FloatConversion, GDateConversion, IntegerConversion

Class Method Summary

• .validate(value, item_type, pattern) ⇒ String

  Simple validation helper that checks if a value string matches an allowed lexical string pattern space or not.

Class Method Details

.validate(value, item_type, pattern) ⇒ String

Simple validation helper that checks if a value string matches an allowed lexical string pattern space or not.

Parameters:

• value (Object) —

  the value whose to_s representation should be checked

• item_type (Saxon::ItemType) —

  the ItemType whose lexical pattern space should be checked against

• pattern (Regexp) —

  the lexical pattern space Regexp to use in the checking

Returns:

• (String) —

  the lexical string for the value and type

Raises:

• (Errors::BadRubyValue) —

  if the ruby value doesn’t produce a string which validates against the allowed pattern

# File 'lib/saxon/item_type/lexical_string_conversion.rb', line 20

def self.validate(value, item_type, pattern)
  str = value.to_s
  raise Errors::BadRubyValue.new(value, item_type) if str.match(pattern).nil?
  str
end