Package net.sf.saxon.expr.parser

Class PathMap

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PathMap
public class PathMap extends Object
A PathMap is a description of all the paths followed by an expression. It is a set of trees. Each tree contains as its root an expression that selects nodes without any dependency on the context. The arcs in the tree are axis steps. So the expression doc('a.xml')/a[b=2]/c has a single root (the call on doc()), with a single arc representing child::a, this leads to a node which has two further arcs representing child::b and child::c. Because element b is atomized, there will also be an arc for the step descendant::text() indicating the requirement to access the text nodes of the element.

The current implementation works only for XPath 2.0 expressions (for example, constructs like xsl:for-each-group are not handled.)

This class, together with the overloaded method Expression.addToPathMap(PathMap, PathMap.PathMapNodeSet) can be seen as an implementation of the static path analysis algorithm given in section 4 of A. Marian and J. Simeon, Projecting XML Documents, VLDB 2003.

  • Constructor Details Link icon

    • PathMap Link icon

      public PathMap(Expression exp)
      Create the PathMap for an expression
      Parameters:
      exp - the expression whose PathMap is required

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    • makeNewRoot Link icon

      public PathMap.PathMapRoot makeNewRoot(Expression exp)
      Make a new root node in the path map. However, if there is already a root for the same expression, the existing root for that expression is returned.
      Parameters:
      exp - the expression represented by this root node
      Returns:
      the new root node

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      public PathMap.PathMapRoot[] getPathMapRoots()
      Get all the root expressions from the path map
      Returns:
      an array containing the root expressions

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      public void registerPathForVariable(Binding binding, PathMap.PathMapNodeSet nodeset)
      Register the path used when evaluating a given variable binding
      Parameters:
      binding - the variable binding
      nodeset - the set of PathMap nodes reachable when evaluating that variable

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      public PathMap.PathMapNodeSet getPathForVariable(Binding binding)
      Get the path used when evaluating a given variable binding
      Parameters:
      binding - the variable binding
      Returns:
      the set of PathMap nodes reachable when evaluating that variable

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      public PathMap.PathMapRoot getContextDocumentRoot()
      Get the path map root for the context document
      Returns:
      the path map root for the context document if there is one, or null if none is found.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if there is more than one path map root for the context document

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      public PathMap.PathMapRoot getContextItemRoot()
      Get the path map root for the context item
      Returns:
      the path map root for the context item if there is one, or null if none is found.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if there is more than one path map root for the context item

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      public PathMap.PathMapRoot getRootForDocument(String requiredUri)
      Get the path map root for a call on the doc() or document() function with a given literal argument
      Parameters:
      requiredUri - the literal argument we are looking for
      Returns:
      the path map root for the specified document if there is one, or null if none is found.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if there is more than one path map root for the specified document

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      public PathMap.PathMapRoot reduceToDownwardsAxes(PathMap.PathMapRoot root)
      Given a PathMapRoot, simplify the tree rooted at this node so that it only contains downwards selections: specifically, so that the only axes used are child, attribute, namespace, and descendant. If the root expression is a ContextItemExpression (that is, the path can start at any node) then it is rebased to start at a root node, which means in effect that a path such as a/b/c is treated as //a/b/c.
      Parameters:
      root - the root of the path to be simplified
      Returns:
      the path map root after converting the tree to use downwards axes only