/**
 * This class provides an XSLT extension function that
 * may be utilized by Xalan-Java extension mechanism.
 */
public class Capitalizer {

	/**
	 * This method capitalizes the first character
	 * in the provided string.
	 * @return modified string
	 */
	public static String capitalize(String str) {
		return Character.toUpperCase(str.charAt(0)) + str.substring(1);
	}
}