Class RegularSequenceChecker

All Implemented Interfaces:
Result, Receiver

public class RegularSequenceChecker extends ProxyReceiver
A RegularSequenceChecker is a filter that can be inserted into a Receiver pipeline to check that the sequence of events passed in is a regular event sequence. Many (though not all) implementations of Receiver require the sequence of events to be regular according to this definition.

A sequence of Receiver events is regular if the following conditions are satisfied:

  1. Calls to startElement(NodeName, SchemaType, Location, int), endElement(), startDocument(int), and endDocument() are properly paired and nested.
  2. Events must only occur in a state where they are permitted; the states and transitions between states are defined by the table below. The initial state is initial, and the final state must be final.
StateEventsNext State
initialopen()open
openopen()open
openappend(Item, Location, int), SequenceReceiver.append(Item), attribute(NodeName, SimpleType, CharSequence, Location, int), namespace(NamespaceBindingSet, int), characters(CharSequence, Location, int), comment(CharSequence, Location, int), processingInstruction(String, CharSequence, Location, int)open
openstartDocument(int)content
openstartElement(NodeName, SchemaType, Location, int)startTag
startTagattribute(NodeName, SimpleType, CharSequence, Location, int), namespace(NamespaceBindingSet, int)startTag
startTagstartContent()content
contentcharacters(CharSequence, Location, int), comment(CharSequence, Location, int), processingInstruction(String, CharSequence, Location, int)content
contentstartElement(NodeName, SchemaType, Location, int)startTag
contentendDocument(), endElement()if the stack is empty, then content, otherwise open
(any)closefinal
finalclosefinal

This class is not normally used in production within Saxon, but is available for diagnostics when needed.

Some implementations of Receiver accept sequences of events that are not regular; indeed, some implementations are explicitly designed to produce a regular sequence from an irregular sequence. Examples of such irregularities are append or startDocument events appearing within element content, or attribute events being followed by text events with no intervening startContent.

The rules for a regular sequence imply that the top level events (any events not surrounded by startElement-endElement or startDocument-endDocument) can represent any sequence of items, including for example multiple document nodes, free-standing attribute and namespace nodes, maps, arrays, and functions; but within a startElement-endElement or startDocument-endDocument pair, the events represent content that has been normalized and validated according to the XSLT rules for constructing complex content, or the XQuery equivalent: for example, attributes and namespaces must appear before child nodes, a startContent() event must occur after the attributes and namespaces, adjacent text nodes should have been merged, zero-length text nodes should have been eliminated, all namespaces should be explicitly declared, document nodes should be replaced by their children.

Element nodes in "composed form" (that is, existing as a tree in memory) may be passed through the SequenceReceiver.append(Item) method at the top level, but within a startElement-endElement or startDocument-endDocument pair, elements must be represented in "decomposed form" as a sequence of events.

A call to close() is permitted in any state, but it should only be called in Open state except on an error path; on error paths calling close() is recommended to ensure that resources are released.

  • Constructor Details

    • RegularSequenceChecker

      public RegularSequenceChecker(Receiver nextReceiver)
      Create a RegularSequenceChecker and allocate a unique Id.
      Parameters:
      nextReceiver - the underlying receiver to which the events will be sent (without change)
  • Method Details

    • edge

    • append

      public void append(Item item, Location locationId, int copyNamespaces) throws XPathException
      Append an arbitrary item (node or atomic value) to the output. In a regular sequence, append events occur only at the top level, that is, when the document / element stack is empty.
      Specified by:
      append in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      append in class ProxyReceiver
      Parameters:
      item - the item to be appended
      locationId - the location of the calling instruction, for diagnostics
      copyNamespaces - if the item is an element node, this indicates whether its namespaces need to be copied. Values are ReceiverOptions.ALL_NAMESPACES, ReceiverOptions.LOCAL_NAMESPACES; the default (0) means no namespaces
      Throws:
      XPathException
    • attribute

      public void attribute(NodeName nameCode, SimpleType typeCode, CharSequence value, Location locationId, int properties) throws XPathException
      Notify an attribute. An attribute is either free-standing attribute, or a parented attribute. A free-standing attribute is one that occurs when the startElement / startDocument stack is empty; a parented attribute occurs between a startElement event and a startContent event.

      All attributes must satisfy the following constraints:

      1. The namespace prefix and URI must either both be present (non-zero-length) or both absent
      2. The prefix "xml" and the URI "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" are allowed only in combination.
      3. The namespace URI "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" is not allowed.
      4. The namespace prefix "xmlns" is not allowed.
      5. The local name "xmlns" is not allowed in the absence of a namespace prefix and URI.

      For a parented attribute, the following additional constraints apply to the set of attributes between a startElement event and the next startContent event:

      1. No two attributes may have the same (local-name, namespace URI) combination.
      2. No namespace prefix may be used in conjunction with more than one namespace URI.
      3. Every (namespace prefix, namespace URI) combination must correspond to an in-scope namespace: that is, unless the (prefix, URI) pair is ("", "") or ("xml", "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"), it must be the subject of a namespace(NamespaceBindingSet, int) event applicable to this element or to some parent element, that has not been cancelled by a namespace undeclaration on an inner element. If the namespace event appears on the same element as the attribute event then they may arrive in either order.

      These constraints are not currently enforced by this class.

      Specified by:
      attribute in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      attribute in class ProxyReceiver
      Parameters:
      nameCode - The name of the attribute
      typeCode - The type of the attribute
      locationId - The location of the attribute
      properties - Bit significant value. The following bits are defined:
      DISABLE_ESCAPING
      Disable escaping for this attribute
      NO_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS
      Attribute value contains no special characters
      value - the string value of the attribute
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • characters

      public void characters(CharSequence chars, Location locationId, int properties) throws XPathException
      Character data (corresponding to a text node). For character data within content (that is, events occurring when the startDocument / startElement stack is non-empty), character data events will never be consecutive and will never be zero-length.
      Specified by:
      characters in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      characters in class ProxyReceiver
      Parameters:
      chars - The characters
      locationId - provides information such as line number and system ID.
      properties - Bit significant value. The following bits are defined:
      DISABLE_ESCAPING
      Disable escaping for this text node
      USE_CDATA
      Output as a CDATA section
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • close

      public void close() throws XPathException
      End of sequence
      Specified by:
      close in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      close in class ProxyReceiver
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • comment

      public void comment(CharSequence chars, Location locationId, int properties) throws XPathException
      Output a comment
      Specified by:
      comment in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      comment in class ProxyReceiver
      Parameters:
      chars - The content of the comment
      locationId - provides information such as line number and system ID.
      properties - Additional information about the comment.
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • endDocument

      public void endDocument() throws XPathException
      Notify the end of a document node
      Specified by:
      endDocument in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      endDocument in class ProxyReceiver
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • endElement

      public void endElement() throws XPathException
      End of element
      Specified by:
      endElement in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      endElement in class ProxyReceiver
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • namespace

      public void namespace(NamespaceBindingSet namespaceBindings, int properties) throws XPathException
      Notify a namespace. Namespaces are notified after the startElement event, and before any children for the element. The namespaces that are reported are only required to include those that are different from the parent element; however, duplicates may be reported. A namespace must not conflict with any namespaces already used for element or attribute names.
      Specified by:
      namespace in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      namespace in class ProxyReceiver
      Parameters:
      namespaceBindings - the namespace (prefix, uri) pair to be notified
      properties - any special properties to be passed on this call
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • open

      public void open() throws XPathException
      Start of event stream
      Specified by:
      open in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      open in class ProxyReceiver
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • processingInstruction

      public void processingInstruction(String target, CharSequence data, Location locationId, int properties) throws XPathException
      Processing Instruction
      Specified by:
      processingInstruction in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      processingInstruction in class ProxyReceiver
      Parameters:
      target - The PI name. This must be a legal name (it will not be checked).
      data - The data portion of the processing instruction
      locationId - provides information such as line number and system ID.
      properties - Additional information about the PI.
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • startContent

      public void startContent() throws XPathException
      Notify the start of the content, that is, the completion of all attributes and namespaces. Note that the initial receiver of output from XSLT instructions will not receive this event, it has to detect it itself. Note that this event is reported for every element even if it has no attributes, no namespaces, and no content.
      Specified by:
      startContent in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      startContent in class ProxyReceiver
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • startDocument

      public void startDocument(int properties) throws XPathException
      Start of a document node.
      Specified by:
      startDocument in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      startDocument in class ProxyReceiver
      Parameters:
      properties - bit-significant integer indicating properties of the document node. The definitions of the bits are in class ReceiverOptions
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs
    • startElement

      public void startElement(NodeName nameCode, SchemaType typeCode, Location location, int properties) throws XPathException
      Notify the start of an element
      Specified by:
      startElement in interface Receiver
      Overrides:
      startElement in class ProxyReceiver
      Parameters:
      nameCode - integer code identifying the name of the element within the name pool.
      typeCode - integer code identifying the element's type within the name pool.
      location - provides information such as line number and system ID.
      properties - properties of the element node
      Throws:
      XPathException - if an error occurs