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Re: XPath and XPattern (was Re: More on taming SAX)


Re:  XPath and XPattern (was Re:  More on taming SAX)
* Jeff Rafter <lists@j...> [2004-12-24 10:29]:
> >Then people could read up on it, rather than post messages like "I
> >heard through the grapevine that predicates generally don't work with
> >streaming". Then again, I suppose, it's fun to do analysis from
> >scratch. Ah well, whatever it is, it'll be good to see streaming
> >processors!
> 
> I said what I said after reading the latest STX spec and only in the 
> context of this discussion (which is "taming SAX"). I have to agree with 
> Uche in saying that STXPath is very nice-- but may not be exactly what 
> we are shooting for. Surely predicates are viable in many cases in 
> partial scans such as:
> 
> <foo>
>   <bar>
>     <baz/>
>   </bar>
>   <bar test="foo">
>     <baz/>
>   </bar>
> </foo>
> 
> /foo/bar[@test="foo"]/baz
> 
> But when considering /foo/bar[baz3="test"]/baz1
> 
> <foo>
>   <bar>
>     <baz1/>
>     <baz2/>
>     <baz3>test</baz3>
>   </bar>
> </foo>
> 
> This predicate's value cannot be ascertained at the point of the baz1 
> startElement event in a single event look ahead model. At least that is 
> what I heard through the grapevine.

    I was wondering...

    Say the test was /foo/bar/[baz2="test"]/baz1

    <foo>
      <bar>
        <baz1/>
        <baz2>test</baz2>
        <baz3/>
      </bar>
    </foo>

    If your schema stated that the children were (baz1,baz2,baz3)
    wouldn't you have enough information to know to surrender when
    you reached baz3?

--
Alan Gutierrez - alan@e...

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