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MarkLogic 9 Product Documentation
op.call

op.call(
   moduleUri as String,
   functionName as String,
   [args as String]
) as expression

Summary

This function calls value processing built-in functions that aren't listed in the list Value Processing Functions, the API also provides a general-purpose constructor for deferred calls.

Use this function with care because some builtins could adversely affect performance or worse. The following restrictions apply to the use of the op.call function:

Parameters
moduleUri The URI of the function module.
functionName The function name.
args The function arguments.

Example


// Returns the host name and MarkLogic version.

const op = require('/MarkLogic/optic');

op.fromLiterals([{row:1}])
  .select([
      op.as('hostName', op.call('http://marklogic.com/xdmp', 'host-name')),
      op.as('version',  op.call('http://marklogic.com/xdmp', 'version'))
      ])
  .result();

  

Example


// Concatenates 'EmployeeID' with '_x'.

const op = require('/MarkLogic/optic');

const employees = op.fromView('main', 'employees');
 
 employees.select(['EmployeeID',  
      op.as('concatenated',  
             op.call('http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions', 'concat',  
                     [op.col("EmployeeID"), "_x"]))
                  ])                                        
	        .result();

  

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