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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.fo.expr;

import org.apache.fop.fo.FOPropertyMapping;
import org.apache.fop.fo.properties.Property;


/**
 * Class modelling the from-parent Property Value function. See Sec. 5.10.4 of
 * the XSL-FO spec.
 */
public class FromParentFunction extends FunctionBase {

    /**
     * @return 1 (maximum arguments for the from-parent function)
     */
    public int nbArgs() {
        return 1;
    }

    /**
     * @param args array of arguments, which should either be empty, or the
     * first of which should contain an NCName corresponding to property name
     * @param pInfo PropertyInfo object to be evaluated
     * @return property containing the computed value
     * @throws PropertyException if the arguments are incorrect
     */
    public Property eval(Property[] args,
                         PropertyInfo pInfo) throws PropertyException {
        String propName = args[0].getString();
        if (propName == null) {
            throw new PropertyException("Incorrect parameter to from-parent function");
        }
        // NOTE: special cases for shorthand property
        // Should return COMPUTED VALUE
        /*
         * For now, this is the same as inherited-property-value(propName)
         * (The only difference I can see is that this could work for
         * non-inherited properties too. Perhaps the result is different for
         * a property line line-height which "inherits specified"???
         */
        return pInfo.getPropertyList().getFromParent(FOPropertyMapping.getPropertyId(propName));
    }

}