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39 <span class="refentrytitle">pattern</span>
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41 <p>pattern - pattern expression handling</p>
42 <p>allows to compile and test pattern expressions for nodes either in a tree or based on a parser state. </p>
43 <p>Author(s): Daniel Veillard </p>
44 <div class="refsynopsisdiv">
45 <h2>Synopsis</h2>
46 <pre class="synopsis">typedef <a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxt">xmlStreamCtxt</a> * <a href="#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a>;
47typedef enum <a href="#xmlPatternFlags">xmlPatternFlags</a>;
48typedef struct _xmlStreamCtxt <a href="#xmlStreamCtxt">xmlStreamCtxt</a>;
49typedef struct _xmlPattern <a href="#xmlPattern">xmlPattern</a>;
50typedef <a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPattern">xmlPattern</a> * <a href="#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a>;
51int <a href="#xmlPatternMinDepth">xmlPatternMinDepth</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
52<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> <a href="#xmlPatternGetStreamCtxt">xmlPatternGetStreamCtxt</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
53int <a href="#xmlPatternFromRoot">xmlPatternFromRoot</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
54void <a href="#xmlFreePatternList">xmlFreePatternList</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
55int <a href="#xmlPatternStreamable">xmlPatternStreamable</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
56int <a href="#xmlStreamPushAttr">xmlStreamPushAttr</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * ns);
57int <a href="#xmlPatternMatch">xmlPatternMatch</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp, <br/> <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node);
58int <a href="#xmlStreamPop">xmlStreamPop</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream);
59void <a href="#xmlFreePattern">xmlFreePattern</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
60int <a href="#xmlStreamPush">xmlStreamPush</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * ns);
61int <a href="#xmlPatternMaxDepth">xmlPatternMaxDepth</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
62<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> <a href="#xmlPatterncompile">xmlPatterncompile</a> (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * pattern, <br/> <a href="libxml2-dict.html#xmlDict">xmlDict</a> * dict, <br/> int flags, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> ** namespaces);
63void <a href="#xmlFreeStreamCtxt">xmlFreeStreamCtxt</a> (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream);
64</pre>
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66 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
67 <h2>Description</h2>
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69 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
70 <h2>Details</h2>
71 <div class="refsect2" lang="en">
72 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPattern">Structure </a>xmlPattern</h3><pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlPattern {
73The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
74} xmlPattern;
75</pre><p/>
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78 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternFlags">Enum </a>xmlPatternFlags</h3><pre class="programlisting">enum <a href="#xmlPatternFlags">xmlPatternFlags</a> {
79 <a name="XML_PATTERN_DEFAULT">XML_PATTERN_DEFAULT</a> = 0 /* simple pattern match */
80 <a name="XML_PATTERN_XPATH">XML_PATTERN_XPATH</a> = 1 /* standard XPath pattern */
81 <a name="XML_PATTERN_XSSEL">XML_PATTERN_XSSEL</a> = 2 /* XPath subset for schema selector */
82 <a name="XML_PATTERN_XSFIELD">XML_PATTERN_XSFIELD</a> = 4 /* XPath subset for schema field */
83};
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87 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternPtr">Typedef </a>xmlPatternPtr</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPattern">xmlPattern</a> * xmlPatternPtr;
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91 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStreamCtxt">Structure </a>xmlStreamCtxt</h3><pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlStreamCtxt {
92The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
93} xmlStreamCtxt;
94</pre><p/>
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97 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStreamCtxtPtr">Typedef </a>xmlStreamCtxtPtr</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxt">xmlStreamCtxt</a> * xmlStreamCtxtPtr;
98</pre><p/>
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101 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlFreePattern"/>xmlFreePattern ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void xmlFreePattern (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp)<br/>
102</pre><p>Free up the memory allocated by @comp</p>
103<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XSLT comp</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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105 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlFreePatternList"/>xmlFreePatternList ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void xmlFreePatternList (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp)<br/>
106</pre><p>Free up the memory allocated by all the elements of @comp</p>
107<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XSLT comp list</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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109 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlFreeStreamCtxt"/>xmlFreeStreamCtxt ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void xmlFreeStreamCtxt (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream)<br/>
110</pre><p>Free the stream context</p>
111<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>stream</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the stream context</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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113 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternFromRoot"/>xmlPatternFromRoot ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlPatternFromRoot (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp)<br/>
114</pre><p>Check if the pattern must be looked at from the root.</p>
115<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the precompiled pattern</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>1 if true, 0 if false and -1 in case of error</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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117 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternGetStreamCtxt"/>xmlPatternGetStreamCtxt ()</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> xmlPatternGetStreamCtxt (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp)<br/>
118</pre><p>Get a streaming context for that pattern Use <a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlFreeStreamCtxt">xmlFreeStreamCtxt</a> to free the context.</p>
119<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the precompiled pattern</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a pointer to the context or NULL in case of failure</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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121 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternMatch"/>xmlPatternMatch ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlPatternMatch (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp, <br/> <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node)<br/>
122</pre><p>Test whether the node matches the pattern</p>
123<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the precompiled pattern</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>node</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a node</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>1 if it matches, 0 if it doesn't and -1 in case of failure</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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125 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternMaxDepth"/>xmlPatternMaxDepth ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlPatternMaxDepth (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp)<br/>
126</pre><p>Check the maximum depth reachable by a pattern</p>
127<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the precompiled pattern</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-2 if no limit (using //), otherwise the depth, and -1 in case of error</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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129 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternMinDepth"/>xmlPatternMinDepth ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlPatternMinDepth (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp)<br/>
130</pre><p>Check the minimum depth reachable by a pattern, 0 mean the / or . are part of the set.</p>
131<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the precompiled pattern</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-1 in case of error otherwise the depth,</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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133 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternStreamable"/>xmlPatternStreamable ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlPatternStreamable (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp)<br/>
134</pre><p>Check if the pattern is streamable i.e. xmlPatternGetStreamCtxt() should work.</p>
135<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the precompiled pattern</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>1 if streamable, 0 if not and -1 in case of error.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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137 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatterncompile"/>xmlPatterncompile ()</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> xmlPatterncompile (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * pattern, <br/> <a href="libxml2-dict.html#xmlDict">xmlDict</a> * dict, <br/> int flags, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> ** namespaces)<br/>
138</pre><p>Compile a pattern.</p>
139<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>pattern</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the pattern to compile</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>dict</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an optional dictionary for interned strings</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>flags</tt></i>:</span></td><td>compilation flags, see <a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternFlags">xmlPatternFlags</a></td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>namespaces</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the prefix definitions, array of [URI, prefix] or NULL</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the compiled form of the pattern or NULL in case of error</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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141 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStreamPop"/>xmlStreamPop ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlStreamPop (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream)<br/>
142</pre><p>push one level from the stream.</p>
143<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>stream</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the stream context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-1 in case of error, 0 otherwise.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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145 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStreamPush"/>xmlStreamPush ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlStreamPush (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * ns)<br/>
146</pre><p>Push new data onto the stream. NOTE: if the call xmlPatterncompile() indicated a dictionary, then strings for name and ns will be expected to come from the dictionary. Both @name and @ns being NULL means the / i.e. the root of the document. This can also act as a reset.</p>
147<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>stream</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the stream context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>name</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the current name</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the namespace name</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-1 in case of error, 1 if the current state in the stream is a match and 0 otherwise.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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149 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStreamPushAttr"/>xmlStreamPushAttr ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlStreamPushAttr (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name, <br/> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * ns)<br/>
150</pre><p>Push new <a href="libxml2-SAX.html#attribute">attribute</a> data onto the stream. NOTE: if the call xmlPatterncompile() indicated a dictionary, then strings for name and ns will be expected to come from the dictionary. Both @name and @ns being NULL means the / i.e. the root of the document. This can also act as a reset.</p>
151<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>stream</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the stream context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>name</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the current name</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the namespace name</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-1 in case of error, 1 if the current state in the stream is a match and 0 otherwise.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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