Constructor Functions

• Create a simple type from a string

• Constructors are in the http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes namespace which is customarily mapped to the xs prefix

• Numeric constructors:

  • xs:decimal(string $srcval) => decimal

  • xs:integer(string $srcval) => integer

  • xs:long(string $srcval) => integer

  • xs:int(string $srcval) => integer

  • xs:short(string $srcval) => integer

  • xs:byte(string $srcval) => integer

  • xs:float(string $srcval) => float

  • xs:double(string $srcval) => double

• String constructors

  • xs:string(string $srcval) => string

  • xs:normalizedString(string $srcval) => normalizedString

  • xs:token(string $srcval) => token

  • xs:language(string $srcval) => language

  • xs:Name(string $srcval) => Name

  • xs:NMTOKEN(string $srcval) => NMTOKEN

  • xs:NCName(string $srcval) => NCName

  • xs:ID(string $srcval) => ID

  • xs:IDREF(string $srcval) => IDREF

  • xs:ENTITY(string $srcval) => ENTITY

• Boolean constructors:

  • xs:true() => boolean

  • xs:false() => boolean

  • xs:boolean-from-string(string $srcval) => boolean

• Duration and Datetime constructors:

  • xs:duration(string $srcval) => duration

  • xs:dateTime(string $srcval) => dateTime

  • xs:date(string $srcval) => date

  • xs:time(string $srcval) => time

  • xs:gYearMonth(string $srcval) => gYearMonth

  • xs:gYear(string $srcval) => gYear

  • xs:gMonthDay(string $srcval) => gMonthDay

  • xs:gMonth(string $srcval) => gMonth

  • xs:gDay(string $srcval) => gDay

• Constructor for anyURI:

  • xs:anyURI(string $srcval) => anyURI

• Constructors for NOTATION:

  • xs:NOTATION(string $srcval) => NOTATION