Added getNCName(PropertyValue)

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/branches/FOP_0-20-0_Alt-Design@197671 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/fop/datatypes/NCName.java b/src/java/org/apache/fop/datatypes/NCName.java
index 6390ad632..d2832e3f6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/fop/datatypes/NCName.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/fop/datatypes/NCName.java
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ public class NCName extends StringType {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Return the NCName value from a PropertyValue. 
+     * @param pv
+     * @return the NCName string value
+     * @exception PropertyException if the <code>PropertyValue</code> is not
+     * an <code>NCName</code>
+     */
+    public static String getNCName(PropertyValue pv)
+    throws PropertyException {
+        if (pv.getType() == PropertyValue.NCNAME) {
+            return ((NCName)pv).getNCName();
+        }
+        throw new PropertyException("PropertyValue not an NCNAME type");
+    }
+
+    /**
      * validate the <i>NCName</i> against the associated property.
      */
     public void validate() throws PropertyException {