Package net.sf.saxon.om

Class TreeModel

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.om.TreeModel
Direct Known Subclasses:
AxiomObjectModel, DOM4JObjectModel, DominoTreeModel, DOMObjectModel, JDOM2ObjectModel, XOMObjectModel
public abstract class TreeModel extends Object
A TreeModel represents an implementation of the Saxon NodeInfo interface, which itself is essentially an implementation of the XDM model defined in W3C specifications (except that Saxon's NodeInfo understands the 13 XPath axes, rather than merely supporting parent and child properties).

This class serves two purposes: it acts as a factory for obtaining a Builder which can be used to build trees using this tree model; and it provides static constants that can be used to identify the built-in tree models.

  • Field Details

    • TINY_TREE

      public static final TreeModel TINY_TREE
      The TinyTree implementation. This is normally the default implementation of the tree model.

    • TINY_TREE_CONDENSED

      public static final TreeModel TINY_TREE_CONDENSED
      The CondensedTinyTree implementation. This is a variant of the TinyTree that uses less memory but takes a little longer to build. Run-time performance is the same as the TinyTree.

    • LINKED_TREE

      public static final TreeModel LINKED_TREE
      The LinkedTree. This takes more memory than the TinyTree, but offers flexibility for storing user-defined data in each element node; it is also mutable, supporting XQuery Update

    • IMMUTABLE_LINKED_TREE

      public static final TreeModel IMMUTABLE_LINKED_TREE
      Immutable variant of the LinkedTree. This takes more memory than the TinyTree, but offers flexibility for storing user-defined data in each element node.

  • Constructor Details

    • TreeModel

      public TreeModel()

  • Method Details

    • makeBuilder

      public abstract Builder makeBuilder(PipelineConfiguration pipe)
      Make a Builder, which can then be used to construct an instance of this tree model from a stream of events
      Parameters:
      pipe - A PipelineConfiguration, which can be constructed using the method Configuration.makePipelineConfiguration().
      Returns:
      a newly created Builder

    • getSymbolicValue

      public int getSymbolicValue()
      Get the integer constant used to identify this tree model in some legacy interfaces
      Returns:
      an integer constant used to identify the model, for example Builder.TINY_TREE

    • getTreeModel

      public static TreeModel getTreeModel(int symbolicValue)
      Get the tree model corresponding to a given integer constant
      Parameters:
      symbolicValue - typically one of the constants Builder.TINY_TREE, Builder.TINY_TREE_CONDENSED, Builder.LINKED_TREE.
      Returns:
      the corresponding TreeModel

    • isMutable

      public boolean isMutable()
      Ask whether this tree model supports updating (that is, whether the nodes in the constructed tree will implement MutableNodeInfo, which is necessary if they are to support XQuery Update. This method can be overridden in subclasses; the default implementation returns false.
      Returns:
      true if the tree model implementation supports updating, that is, if its nodes support the MutableNodeInfo interface.

    • isSchemaAware

      public boolean isSchemaAware()
      Ask whether this tree model supports the use of type annotations on element and attribute nodes. If false, all nodes in this tree are untyped (for elements) or untypedAtomic (for attributes). The default implementation returns false.
      Returns:
      true if type annotations other than xs:untyped and xs:untypedAtomic are supported.

    • getName

      public String getName()
      Get a name that identifies the tree model
      Returns:
      an identifying name for the tree model