throws EvaluationException
{
final int parameterCount = parameters.getParameterCount();
if (parameterCount < 3 || parameterCount > 4)
{
throw new EvaluationException(LibFormulaErrorValue.ERROR_ARGUMENTS_VALUE);
}
final TypeRegistry typeRegistry = context.getTypeRegistry();
final Type textType = parameters.getType(0);
final Object textValue = parameters.getValue(0);
final Type oldTextType = parameters.getType(1);
final Object oldTextValue = parameters.getValue(1);
final String text = typeRegistry.convertToText(textType, textValue);
final String oldText = typeRegistry.convertToText(oldTextType, oldTextValue);
if (oldText.length() == 0)
{
return new TypeValuePair(TextType.TYPE, text);
}
final Type newTextType = parameters.getType(2);
final Object newTextValue = parameters.getValue(2);
final String newText = typeRegistry.convertToText(newTextType, newTextValue);
if (parameterCount == 3)
{
int index = text.indexOf(oldText);
if (index == -1)
{
return new TypeValuePair(TextType.TYPE, text);
}
final StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(text);
while (index >= 0)
{
result.replace(index, index + oldText.length(), newText);
index = result.toString().indexOf(oldText, index + newText.length());
}
return new TypeValuePair(TextType.TYPE, result.toString());
}
// Instead of replacing all occurences, the user only requested to replace
// a specific one.
final Type whichType = parameters.getType(3);
final Object whichValue = parameters.getValue(3);
final Number n = typeRegistry.convertToNumber(whichType, whichValue);
if (n.doubleValue() < 1)
{
throw new EvaluationException(
LibFormulaErrorValue.ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT_VALUE);
}
final int nthOccurence = n.intValue();