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    42 //
       
    43 //  W A R N I N G
       
    44 //  -------------
       
    45 //
       
    46 // This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
       
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    51 
       
    52 #ifndef Patternist_Expression_H
       
    53 #define Patternist_Expression_H
       
    54 
       
    55 #include <QFlags>
       
    56 #include <QSharedData>
       
    57 
       
    58 #include "qcppcastinghelper_p.h"
       
    59 #include "qdebug_p.h"
       
    60 #include "qdynamiccontext_p.h"
       
    61 #include "qexpressiondispatch_p.h"
       
    62 #include "qitem_p.h"
       
    63 #include "qsequencetype_p.h"
       
    64 #include "qsourcelocationreflection_p.h"
       
    65 #include "qstaticcontext_p.h"
       
    66 
       
    67 QT_BEGIN_HEADER
       
    68 
       
    69 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
       
    70 
       
    71 template<typename T> class QList;
       
    72 template<typename T> class QVector;
       
    73 
       
    74 namespace QPatternist
       
    75 {
       
    76     template<typename T, typename ListType> class ListIterator;
       
    77     class OptimizationPass;
       
    78 
       
    79     /**
       
    80      * @short Base class for all AST nodes in an XPath/XQuery/XSL-T expression.
       
    81      *
       
    82      * @section ExpressionCreation Expression Compilation
       
    83      *
       
    84      * @subsection ExpressionCreationParser The process of creating an Expression
       
    85      *
       
    86      * The initial step of creating an internal representation(in some circles
       
    87      * called an IR tree) of the XPath string follows classic compiler design: a scanner
       
    88      * is invoked, resulting in tokens, which sub-sequently are consumed by a parser
       
    89      * which groups the tokens into rules, resulting in the creation of
       
    90      * Abstract Syntax Tree(AST) nodes that are arranged in a hierarchical structure
       
    91      * similar to the EBNF.
       
    92      *
       
    93      * More specifically, ExpressionFactory::createExpression() is called with a
       
    94      * pointer to a static context, and the string for the expression. This is subsequently
       
    95      * tokenized by a Flex scanner. Mistakes detected at this stage is syntax
       
    96      * errors, as well as a few semantical errors. Syntax errors can be divided
       
    97      * in two types:
       
    98      *
       
    99      *     - The scanner detects it. An example is the expression "23Eb3" which
       
   100      *     is not a valid number literal, or "1prefix:my-element" which is not a
       
   101      *     valid QName.
       
   102      *     - The parser detects it. This means a syntax error at a
       
   103      *     higher level, that a group of tokens couldn't be reduced to a
       
   104      *     rule(expression). An example is the expression "if(a = b) 'match' else
       
   105      *     'no match'"; the tokenizer would handle it fine, but the parser would
       
   106      *     fail because the tokens could not be reduced to a rule due to the token
       
   107      *     for the "then" word was missing.
       
   108      *
       
   109      * Apart from the syntax errors, the actions in the parser also detects
       
   110      * errors when creating the corresponding expressions. This is for example
       
   111      * that no namespace binding for a prefix could be found, or that a function
       
   112      * call was used which no function implementation could be found for.
       
   113      *
       
   114      * When the parser has finished, the result is an AST. That is, a
       
   115      * hierarchical structure consisting of Expression sub-classes. The
       
   116      * individual expressions haven't at this point done anything beyond
       
   117      * receiving their child-expressions(if any), and hence reminds of a
       
   118      * "construction scaffold". In other words, a tree for the expression
       
   119      * <tt>'string' + 1 and xs:date('2001-03-13')</tt> could have been created, even if
       
   120      * that expression contains errors(one can't add a xs:integer to a xs:string,
       
   121      * and the Effective %Boolean Value cannot be extracted for date types).
       
   122      *
       
   123      * @subsection ExpressionCreationTypeChecking Type Checking
       
   124      *
       
   125      * After the AST creation, ExpressionFactory::createExpression continues with
       
   126      * calling the AST node(which is an Expression instance)'s typeCheck()
       
   127      * function. This step ensures that the static types of the operands matches
       
   128      * the operators, and in the cases where it doesn't, modifies the AST such
       
   129      * that the necessary conversions are done -- if possible, otherwise the
       
   130      * result is a type error.
       
   131      *
       
   132      *
       
   133      * This step corresponds roughly to what <a
       
   134      * href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-static-analysis">2.2.3.1 Static Analysis Phase</a>
       
   135      * labels operation tree normalization; step SQ5.
       
   136      *
       
   137      * @subsection ExpressionCreationCompression Compressing -- Optimization and Fixup
       
   138      *
       
   139      * The last step is calling compress(). This function is not called
       
   140      * 'optimize', 'simplify' or the like, because although it performs all
       
   141      * optimization, it also involves mandatory stages.
       
   142      *
       
   143      * One such is const folding, which while being an efficient optimization,
       
   144      * also is a necessity for many XSL-T constructs. Another important step is
       
   145      * that functions which had an evaluation dependency on the static context(as
       
   146      * opposed to the dynamic) performs their "fixup".
       
   147      *
       
   148      * In other words, this stage potentially performs AST re-writes. For example,
       
   149      * the expression <tt>3 + 3, concat('foo', '-', 'bar'), true() and false()</tt> would
       
   150      * result in an AST corresponding to <tt>6, 'foo-bar', false()</tt>. This process
       
   151      * is done backwards; each expression asks its operands to compress before it
       
   152      * performs its own compression(and so forth, until the root expression's call
       
   153      * returns to the caller).
       
   154      *
       
   155      * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-errors-and-opt">XML Path Language
       
   156      * (XPath) 2.0, 2.3.4 Errors and Optimization</a>
       
   157      * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-expression-processing">XML Path
       
   158      * Language (XPath) 2.0, 2.2.3 Expression Processing</a>
       
   159      * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-xpath-parsing/">Building a Tokenizer
       
   160      * for XPath or XQuery</a>
       
   161      * @see ExpressionFactory
       
   162      * @author Frans Englich <frans.englich@nokia.com>
       
   163      * @ingroup Patternist_expressions
       
   164      */
       
   165     class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT Expression : public QSharedData
       
   166                                        , public CppCastingHelper<Expression>
       
   167                                        , public SourceLocationReflection
       
   168     {
       
   169     public:
       
   170         /**
       
   171          * @short A smart pointer wrapping mutable Expression instances.
       
   172          */
       
   173         typedef QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<Expression> Ptr;
       
   174 
       
   175         /**
       
   176          * @short A smart pointer wrapping @c const Expression instances.
       
   177          */
       
   178         typedef QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<const Expression> ConstPtr;
       
   179 
       
   180         /**
       
   181          * A list of Expression instances, each wrapped in a smart pointer.
       
   182          */
       
   183         typedef QList<Expression::Ptr> List;
       
   184 
       
   185         /**
       
   186          * A vector of Expression instances, each wrapped in a smart pointer.
       
   187          */
       
   188         typedef QVector<Expression::Ptr> Vector;
       
   189 
       
   190         typedef QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(QAbstractXmlForwardIterator<Expression::Ptr>)
       
   191             QAbstractXmlForwardIterator;
       
   192 
       
   193         /**
       
   194          * Enum flags describing the characteristics of the expression.
       
   195          *
       
   196          * @see Expression::properties()
       
   197          */
       
   198         enum Property
       
   199         {
       
   200             /**
       
   201              * This flag applies for functions, and results in the expression <tt>.</tt>
       
   202              * being appended to its operands if its operand count is lower than the
       
   203              * maximum amount of arguments.
       
   204              *
       
   205              * In effect, it result in a modification of the function's arguments to have
       
   206              * appended the context item.
       
   207              *
       
   208              * One function which has this property is <tt>fn:number()</tt>.
       
   209              *
       
   210              * @see ContextItem
       
   211              * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#func-signatures">XQuery 1.0 and
       
   212              * XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, 1.3 Function Signatures and Descriptions</a>
       
   213              */
       
   214             UseContextItem              = 1,
       
   215 
       
   216             /**
       
   217              * Disables compression(evaluation at compile time), such that the
       
   218              * Expression isn't const-folded, but ensured to be run at runtime. The
       
   219              * operands are still attempted to be compressed, unless
       
   220              * they override compression as well.
       
   221              *
       
   222              * @see compress()
       
   223              */
       
   224             DisableElimination          = 1 << 1,
       
   225 
       
   226             /**
       
   227              * Signals that the expression is already evaluated and can be considered
       
   228              * a constant value.
       
   229              * For example, atomic values return this flag in their
       
   230              * implementations of the properties() functions.
       
   231              *
       
   232              * @see isEvaluated()
       
   233              */
       
   234             IsEvaluated                 = 1 << 2,
       
   235 
       
   236             /**
       
   237              * Signals that the expression cannot be optimized away by judging
       
   238              * its static type.
       
   239              *
       
   240              * This is currently used for properly handling the @c none type, in
       
   241              * the <tt>fn:error()</tt> function. In type operations, the none type doesn't show
       
   242              * up and that can make expressions, such as InstanceOf, believe
       
   243              * it is safe to const fold, while it in fact is not.
       
   244              */
       
   245             DisableTypingDeduction      = 1 << 3,
       
   246 
       
   247             /**
       
   248              * This property affects the static type -- staticType() -- of an expression. It
       
   249              * is implemented in FunctionCall::staticType() and therefore only work for FunctionCall
       
   250              * sub-classes and when that function is not re-implemented in an inhibiting way.
       
   251              *
       
   252              * When set, the cardinality of the static type is zero if the Expression's first
       
   253              * operand allows an empty sequence, otherwise it is the cardinality of the Expression's
       
   254              * static type modulo Cardinality::empty(). This is used for specifying proper static
       
   255              * type inference for functions that have "If $arg is the empty sequence,
       
   256              * the empty sequence is returned." However, before setting this property one
       
   257              * must be aware that no other conditions can lead to the empty sequence, since
       
   258              * otherwise the static type would be wrong.
       
   259              */
       
   260             EmptynessFollowsChild       = 1 << 4,
       
   261 
       
   262             /**
       
   263              * This is similar to EmptynessFollowsChild, and also implemented in FunctionCall.
       
   264              * When set, it makes FunctionCall::typeCheck() rewrite itself into an empty sequence
       
   265              * if the first operand is the empty sequence.
       
   266              *
       
   267              * This property is often used together with EmptynessFollowsChild.
       
   268              */
       
   269             RewriteToEmptyOnEmpty       = 1 << 5,
       
   270 
       
   271             /**
       
   272              * When set, it signals that the focus cannot be undefined. For example,
       
   273              * the <tt>fn:position()</tt> function extracts information from the focus. Setting
       
   274              * this flag ensures type checking is carried out appropriately.
       
   275              *
       
   276              * However, setting RequiresFocus does not imply this Expression requires the context
       
   277              * item to be defined. It only means the focus, of somekind, needs to be defined.
       
   278              *
       
   279              * @see RequiresContextItem
       
   280              */
       
   281             RequiresFocus               = 1 << 6,
       
   282 
       
   283             /**
       
   284              * An Expression with this Property set, signals that it only affects
       
   285              * the order of its return value.
       
   286              */
       
   287             AffectsOrderOnly            = 1 << 7,
       
   288 
       
   289             /**
       
   290              * When set, signals that the context item, must be defined for this Expression. When
       
   291              * setting this property, expectedContextItemType() must be re-implemented.
       
   292              *
       
   293              * Setting this property also sets RequiresFocus.
       
   294              *
       
   295              * @see DynamicContext::contextItem()
       
   296              */
       
   297             RequiresContextItem         = (1 << 8) | RequiresFocus,
       
   298 
       
   299             /**
       
   300              * When set, signals that this expression creates a focus for its last operand.
       
   301              * When set, newFocusType() must be overridden to return the static type
       
   302              * of the context item.
       
   303              *
       
   304              * @see announceFocusType()
       
   305              * @see newFocusType()
       
   306              */
       
   307             CreatesFocusForLast         = 1 << 9,
       
   308 
       
   309             /**
       
   310              * Signals that the last operand is a collation argument. This ensures
       
   311              * that the necessary code is generated for checking that the collation
       
   312              * is supported.
       
   313              *
       
   314              * This only applies to sub-classes of FunctionCall.
       
   315              */
       
   316             LastOperandIsCollation      = 1 << 10,
       
   317 
       
   318             /**
       
   319              * When set, the Expression depends on local variables such as
       
   320              * those found in @c for expressions. However, this does not
       
   321              * include let bindings.
       
   322              */
       
   323             DependsOnLocalVariable      = (1 << 11) | DisableElimination,
       
   324 
       
   325             /**
       
   326              * When set, it signals that the Expression does not need
       
   327              * an evaluation cache, despite what other flags might imply.
       
   328              */
       
   329             EvaluationCacheRedundant       = (1 << 12),
       
   330 
       
   331             /**
       
   332              * Signals that the Expression constructs nodes, either directly
       
   333              * or computationally. For example, AttributeConstructor has this property
       
   334              * set.
       
   335              *
       
   336              * Since node constructors constructs nodes which have node
       
   337              * identities, node constructors are considered creative on
       
   338              * evaluation.
       
   339              */
       
   340             IsNodeConstructor           = 1 << 13,
       
   341 
       
   342             /**
       
   343              * Whether this expression requires the current item, as returned
       
   344              * from @c fn:current().
       
   345              *
       
   346              * CurrentFN uses this flag.
       
   347              */
       
   348             RequiresCurrentItem         = 1 << 14
       
   349         };
       
   350 
       
   351         /**
       
   352          * A QFlags template for type-safe handling of ExpressionProperty values. If
       
   353          * Expression::Property flags needs to be stored in a class, declared the variable
       
   354          * to be of type Expression::Properties.
       
   355          *
       
   356          * @see QFlags
       
   357          */
       
   358         typedef QFlags<Property> Properties;
       
   359 
       
   360         /**
       
   361          * Enumerators that identifies Expression sub-classes.
       
   362          *
       
   363          * @see id()
       
   364          */
       
   365         enum ID
       
   366         {
       
   367             /**
       
   368              * Identifies Boolean.
       
   369              */
       
   370             IDBooleanValue = 1,
       
   371 
       
   372             /**
       
   373              * Identifies CountFN.
       
   374              */
       
   375             IDCountFN,
       
   376 
       
   377             /**
       
   378              * Identifies EmptyFN.
       
   379              */
       
   380             IDEmptyFN,
       
   381 
       
   382             /**
       
   383              * Identifies ExistsFN.
       
   384              */
       
   385             IDExistsFN,
       
   386 
       
   387             /**
       
   388              * Identifies ExpressionSequence and LiteralSequence.
       
   389              */
       
   390             IDExpressionSequence,
       
   391 
       
   392             /**
       
   393              * Identifies GeneralComparison.
       
   394              */
       
   395             IDGeneralComparison,
       
   396 
       
   397             /**
       
   398              * Identifies IfThenClause.
       
   399              */
       
   400             IDIfThenClause,
       
   401 
       
   402             /**
       
   403              * Identifies nothing in particular. The default implementation
       
   404              * of id() returns this, which is suitable for Expression instances
       
   405              * which never needs to be identified in this aspect.
       
   406              */
       
   407             IDIgnorableExpression,
       
   408 
       
   409             /**
       
   410              * Identifies Integer.
       
   411              */
       
   412             IDIntegerValue,
       
   413 
       
   414             /**
       
   415              * Identifies PositionFN.
       
   416              */
       
   417             IDPositionFN,
       
   418 
       
   419             /**
       
   420              * Identifies AtomicString, AnyURI, and UntypedAtomic.
       
   421              */
       
   422             IDStringValue,
       
   423 
       
   424             /**
       
   425              * Identifies ValueComparison.
       
   426              */
       
   427             IDValueComparison,
       
   428 
       
   429             /**
       
   430              * Identifies VariableReference.
       
   431              */
       
   432             IDRangeVariableReference,
       
   433 
       
   434             /**
       
   435              * Identifies ContextItem.
       
   436              */
       
   437             IDContextItem,
       
   438 
       
   439             /**
       
   440              * Identifies UserFunctionCallsite.
       
   441              */
       
   442             IDUserFunctionCallsite,
       
   443 
       
   444             /**
       
   445              * Identifies ExpressionVariableReference.
       
   446              */
       
   447             IDExpressionVariableReference,
       
   448 
       
   449             /**
       
   450              * Identifies ExpressionVariableReference.
       
   451              */
       
   452             IDAttributeConstructor,
       
   453 
       
   454             /**
       
   455              * Identifies UpperCaseFN.
       
   456              */
       
   457             IDUpperCaseFN,
       
   458 
       
   459             /**
       
   460              * Identifies LowerCaseFN.
       
   461              */
       
   462             IDLowerCaseFN,
       
   463 
       
   464             /**
       
   465              * Identifies FirstItemPredicate.
       
   466              */
       
   467             IDFirstItemPredicate,
       
   468             IDEmptySequence,
       
   469             IDReturnOrderBy,
       
   470             IDLetClause,
       
   471             IDForClause,
       
   472             IDPath,
       
   473             IDNamespaceConstructor,
       
   474             IDArgumentReference,
       
   475             IDGenericPredicate,
       
   476             IDAxisStep,
       
   477 
       
   478             /**
       
   479              * A literal which is either @c xs:float or
       
   480              * @c xs:double.
       
   481              */
       
   482             IDFloat,
       
   483 
       
   484             IDCombineNodes,
       
   485             IDUnresolvedVariableReference,
       
   486             IDCardinalityVerifier
       
   487         };
       
   488 
       
   489         inline Expression()
       
   490         {
       
   491         }
       
   492         virtual ~Expression();
       
   493 
       
   494         /**
       
   495          * Evaluate this Expression by iterating over it. This is a central function
       
   496          * for evaluating expressions.
       
   497          *
       
   498          * Expressions must always always return a valid QAbstractXmlForwardIterator and may
       
   499          * never return 0. If an empty result is of interest to be returned, the
       
   500          * EmptyIterator should be returned.
       
   501          *
       
   502          * The default implementation returns a SingletonIterator over the
       
   503          * item returned from evaluateSingleton().
       
   504          *
       
   505          * @note This function may raise an exception when calling, not only
       
   506          * when QAbstractXmlForwardIterator::next() is called on the return value. This is because
       
   507          * in some cases evaluateSingleton() is called directly.
       
   508          */
       
   509         virtual Item::Iterator::Ptr evaluateSequence(const DynamicContext::Ptr &context) const;
       
   510 
       
   511         /**
       
   512          * @todo Docs
       
   513          */
       
   514         virtual Item evaluateSingleton(const DynamicContext::Ptr &context) const;
       
   515 
       
   516         /**
       
   517          * Determines the Effective %Boolean Value of the expression.
       
   518          *
       
   519          * The Effective %Boolean Value of a value is not necessarily the same
       
   520          * as converting the value to a new value of type xs:boolean.
       
   521          *
       
   522          * Note that this function cannot return the empty sequence,
       
   523          * evaluateSingleton() must be overridden in order to be able to do
       
   524          * that.
       
   525          *
       
   526          * The default implementation results in a type error. Hence, this function
       
   527          * must be overridden if such behavior is not of interest.
       
   528          *
       
   529          * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-ebv">XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0,
       
   530          * 2.4.3 Effective Boolean Value</a>
       
   531          */
       
   532         virtual bool evaluateEBV(const DynamicContext::Ptr &context) const;
       
   533 
       
   534         /**
       
   535          * Evaluates this Expression by sending its output to DynamicContext::outputReceiver().
       
   536          */
       
   537         virtual void evaluateToSequenceReceiver(const DynamicContext::Ptr &context) const;
       
   538 
       
   539         /**
       
   540          * @returns the expression's child expressions. For example, a function's
       
   541          * arguments is returned here.
       
   542          *
       
   543          * If this Expression has no operands, an empty list should be returned.
       
   544          */
       
   545         virtual Expression::List operands() const = 0;
       
   546 
       
   547         virtual void setOperands(const Expression::List &operands) = 0;
       
   548 
       
   549         /**
       
   550          * @returns the static type of this Expression. For example, an 'and' expression
       
   551          * have as static type xs:boolean
       
   552          */
       
   553         virtual SequenceType::Ptr staticType() const = 0;
       
   554 
       
   555         /**
       
   556          * Returns a list of Sequence Types, describing the type of each of the
       
   557          * expression's operands. Hence, this function has a relationship to
       
   558          * the operands() function:
       
   559          *
       
   560          *     - The lengths of the lists returned by expectedOperandTypes()
       
   561          *     and operands() should always be equal in length, since one
       
   562          *     cannot describe the type of a non-existent operand(and all
       
   563          *     operands must have type information).
       
   564          *     - A significant difference between the two functions is that while
       
   565          *     the type of objects in the list returned by operands() may vary
       
   566          *     between compilations/static context, simply because the particular
       
   567          *     Expression is part of different XPath expressions, the
       
   568          *     types in the list returned by expectedOperandTypes is always the same
       
   569          *     since the function/operator signature never changes.
       
   570          *
       
   571          * This function should not be confused with staticType(),
       
   572          * which returns the static type of the expression itself, not its operands. The
       
   573          * function call is an expression where this is clear: the type of the return
       
   574          * value is not the same as the arguments' types. The static type of the
       
   575          * operands supplied to the expression can be determined via the staticType()
       
   576          * function of the instances returned by operands().
       
   577          *
       
   578          * If the expression has no operands, an empty list should be returned.
       
   579          */
       
   580         virtual SequenceType::List expectedOperandTypes() const = 0;
       
   581 
       
   582         /**
       
   583          * This implementation guarantees to never rewrite away this Expression, but
       
   584          * at most rewrite it as a child of another expression(that presumably have a
       
   585          * type checking role). It is therefore always safe to override this
       
   586          * function and call this implementation and not worry about that this Expression
       
   587          * becomes deleted.
       
   588          *
       
   589          * Many Expressions override typeCheck() and performs optimizations, as opposed
       
   590          * to doing it in the compress() stage. This is due to that the design
       
   591          * of those Expressions often are tied to that certain simplifications
       
   592          * are done at the typeCheck() stage of the compilation process or that
       
   593          * it in some other way is related to what the typeCheck() do. Also, the earlier
       
   594          * the AST can be simplified, the better the chances are for subsequent
       
   595          * optimizations.
       
   596          *
       
   597          * It is important that the super class's typeCheck() is called before doing
       
   598          * any custom type checking, since the call can change the children(notably,
       
   599          * the childrens' static types). For example, if the Expression, MyExpression
       
   600          * in the example, does not match the required type, typeCheck returns the Expression
       
   601          * wrapped in for example ItemVerifier, CardinalityVerifier, or both.
       
   602          *
       
   603          * typeCheck() may be called many times. typeCheck() must either raise an error
       
   604          * if this Expression is an invalid expression. Thus, it is guaranteed that an Expression
       
   605          * is valid after typeCheck() is called.
       
   606          *
       
   607          * @param context supplies information, such as namespace bindings and
       
   608          * available function signatures, that can be needed at compilation time. @p context is
       
   609          * guaranteed by the caller to never null.
       
   610          * @param reqType the static type that this Expression must match when evaluated. @p reqType is
       
   611          * guaranteed by the caller to never null.
       
   612          * @returns an Expression that can be this Expression, or another expression,
       
   613          * which somehow is necessary for making this Expression conforming to
       
   614          * @p reqType
       
   615          */
       
   616         virtual Expression::Ptr typeCheck(const StaticContext::Ptr &context,
       
   617                                           const SequenceType::Ptr &reqType);
       
   618 
       
   619         /**
       
   620          * compress() is the last stage performs in compiling an expression, done after
       
   621          * the initial AST build and calling typeCheck(). compress() performs crucial
       
   622          * simplifications, either by having drastic performance implications or that
       
   623          * some expressions depend on it for proper behavior.
       
   624          *
       
   625          * The default implementation performs a sparse conditional constant
       
   626          * propagation. In short, a recursive process is performed in the AST
       
   627          * which examines if the Expression's operands are constant values, and if so,
       
   628          * performs a const fold(AST rewrite) into the result of evaluating the expression
       
   629          * in question. This default behavior can be disabled by letting properties() return
       
   630          * DisableElimination.
       
   631          *
       
   632          * This compress() stage can be relative effective due to the design of XPath, in
       
   633          * part because intrinsic functions are heavily used. Many Expressions override compress()
       
   634          * and do optimizations specific to what they do. Also, many Expressions performs
       
   635          * optimizations in their typeCheck().
       
   636          *
       
   637          * @param context the static context. Supplies compile time information, and is
       
   638          * the channel for communicating error messages.
       
   639          * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_conditional_constant_propagation">Wikipedia,
       
   640          * the free encyclopedia, Sparse conditional constant propagation</a>
       
   641          * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsic_function">Wikipedia,
       
   642          * the free encyclopedia, Intrinsic function</a>
       
   643          * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler_optimization">Wikipedia, the
       
   644          * free encyclopedia, Compiler optimization</a>
       
   645          */
       
   646         virtual Expression::Ptr compress(const StaticContext::Ptr &context);
       
   647 
       
   648         /**
       
   649          * @returns a bitwise OR'd value of properties, describing the
       
   650          * characteristics of the expression. These properties affects how
       
   651          * this Expression is treated in for example type checking stages.
       
   652          *
       
   653          * The default implementation returns 0. Override and let the function return
       
   654          * a different value, if that's of interest.
       
   655          *
       
   656          * An important decision when re-implementing properties() is whether
       
   657          * to OR in the properties() of ones operands. For instance, if an
       
   658          * operand has RequiresFocus set, that flag nost likely applies to the
       
   659          * apparent as well, since it depends on its operand.
       
   660          *
       
   661          * @see deepProperties()
       
   662          * @returns Expression::None, meaning no special properties
       
   663          */
       
   664         virtual Properties properties() const;
       
   665 
       
   666         /**
       
   667          * Recursively computes through all descendants until a Property
       
   668          * is encount
       
   669          */
       
   670         virtual Properties dependencies() const;
       
   671 
       
   672         /**
       
   673          * @short Computes the union of properties for this Expression and all
       
   674          * its descending children.
       
   675          *
       
   676          * @see properties()
       
   677          */
       
   678         Properties deepProperties() const;
       
   679 
       
   680         /**
       
   681          * This function is a utility function, which performs bitwise logic
       
   682          * on properties() in order to find out whether the Expression::IsEvaluated
       
   683          * flag is set.
       
   684          *
       
   685          * @note Do not attempt to re-implement this function. Instead, return the
       
   686          * IsEvaluated flag by re-implementing the properties() function.
       
   687          */
       
   688         inline bool isEvaluated() const;
       
   689 
       
   690         /**
       
   691          * This function is a utility function, syntactic sugar for determining
       
   692          * whether this Expression is @p id. For example, calling <tt>is(IDIfThenClause)</tt>
       
   693          * is equivalent to <tt>id() == IDIfThenClause</tt>
       
   694          *
       
   695          * @note Do not attempt to re-implement this function. Instead, return the
       
   696          * appropriate flag in the virtual id() function.
       
   697          */
       
   698         inline bool is(const ID id) const;
       
   699 
       
   700         /**
       
   701          * Determines whether this Expression has Property @p prop set.
       
   702          *
       
   703          * Calling <tt>expr->has(MyProperty)</tt> is semantically equivalent
       
   704          * to <tt>expr->properties().testFlag(MyProperty)</tt>. In
       
   705          * other words, has(), as well as is(), provides syntacti sugar
       
   706          * and makes code more readable.
       
   707          *
       
   708          * @note Do not attempt to re-implement this function. Instead, return
       
   709          * the appropriate flag by re-implementing the properties() function.
       
   710          */
       
   711         inline bool has(const Property prop) const;
       
   712 
       
   713         inline bool hasDependency(const Property prop) const;
       
   714 
       
   715         virtual ExpressionVisitorResult::Ptr accept(const ExpressionVisitor::Ptr &visitor) const = 0;
       
   716 
       
   717         /**
       
   718          * This property, which has no setter, returns an enum value that uniquely identifies
       
   719          * this Expression. Patternist makes no use of C++'s dynamic_cast feature, but uses this
       
   720          * polymorphic function instead.
       
   721          *
       
   722          * @returns always IgnorableExpression.
       
   723          */
       
   724         virtual ID id() const;
       
   725 
       
   726         /**
       
   727          * Returns the OptimizationPasses that applies for this Expression. The
       
   728          * default implementation returns an empty list. Sub-classes can re-implement
       
   729          * this function and return actual OptimizationPasses.
       
   730          *
       
   731          * @returns always an empty list.
       
   732          */
       
   733         virtual QList<QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<OptimizationPass> > optimizationPasses() const;
       
   734 
       
   735         /**
       
   736          * Returns the required type the context item must be an instance of.
       
   737          *
       
   738          * If this Expression requires a focus, meaning its properties()
       
   739          * function returns RequiresContextItem,
       
   740          * it must return a type from this function. If any type is ok, BuiltinTypes::item should be
       
   741          * returned.
       
   742          *
       
   743          * In other words, this function must only be re-implemented if the focus is used. The default
       
   744          * implementation performs an assert crash.
       
   745          */
       
   746         virtual ItemType::Ptr expectedContextItemType() const;
       
   747 
       
   748         /**
       
   749          * If an Expression creates a focus because it has set the property CreatesFocusForLast,
       
   750          * it should override this function and make it return the ItemType that
       
   751          * the context item in the focus has.
       
   752          *
       
   753          * @returns never @c null.
       
   754          * @see announceFocusType()
       
   755          */
       
   756         virtual ItemType::Ptr newFocusType() const;
       
   757 
       
   758         /**
       
   759          * @short Returns @c this.
       
   760          */
       
   761         virtual const SourceLocationReflection *actualReflection() const;
       
   762 
       
   763         /**
       
   764          * Reimplementation of SourceLocationReflection::description().
       
   765          */
       
   766         virtual QString description() const;
       
   767 
       
   768         /**
       
   769          * When this function is called, it signals that the parent will create
       
   770          * a focus of type @p itemType.
       
   771          *
       
   772          * This type can also be retrieved through StaticContext::contextItemType()
       
   773          * when inside typeCheck(), but in some cases this is too late. For
       
   774          * instance, a parent needs to have the static type of its child
       
   775          * properly reported before it calls its typeCheck()(and the child's
       
   776          * type is inferred from the focus).
       
   777          *
       
   778          * The default implementation delegates the call on to the children.
       
   779          *
       
   780          * This function may be called at arbitrary times, in arbitrary
       
   781          * amounts.
       
   782          *
       
   783          * If the AST node overriding this call has children, it should be
       
   784          * considered whether the default implementation should be called, such
       
   785          * that they type is announced to them too.
       
   786          *
       
   787          * The caller guarantees that @p itemType is not @c null.
       
   788          */
       
   789         virtual void announceFocusType(const ItemType::Ptr &itemType);
       
   790 
       
   791         /**
       
   792          * This function take the two Expression pointers @p old and @p New, and
       
   793          * in a safe way, by handling reference counting and being aware of whether
       
   794          * the two pointers actually are different, switches the two. When compiling
       
   795          * in debug mode, informative debug messages are printed.
       
   796          *
       
   797          * This function is conceptually similar to Qt's qSwap(), but has
       
   798          * debugging functionality and also handles source locations.
       
   799          */
       
   800         static inline void rewrite(Expression::Ptr &old,
       
   801                                    const Expression::Ptr &New,
       
   802                                    const StaticContext::Ptr &context);
       
   803 
       
   804         /**
       
   805          * @short Rewrites this Expression to @p to, and return @p to.
       
   806          *
       
   807          * Source location annotations are adjusted appropriately.
       
   808          */
       
   809         inline const Expression::Ptr &rewrite(const Expression::Ptr &to,
       
   810                                               const StaticContext::Ptr &context) const;
       
   811 
       
   812         /**
       
   813          * By default 0.5 is returned.
       
   814          */
       
   815         virtual PatternPriority patternPriority() const;
       
   816 
       
   817     protected:
       
   818 
       
   819         /**
       
   820          * @returns @c true if all operands are constant values of somekind, and are already
       
   821          * evaluated. A string literal, is a typical example.
       
   822          */
       
   823         virtual bool compressOperands(const StaticContext::Ptr &) = 0;
       
   824 
       
   825         void typeCheckOperands(const StaticContext::Ptr &context);
       
   826 
       
   827     private:
       
   828         static Expression::Ptr invokeOptimizers(const Expression::Ptr &expr,
       
   829                                                 const StaticContext::Ptr &context);
       
   830         /**
       
   831          * @return a StaticContext that has adopted the context item type properly
       
   832          * for this Expression.
       
   833          */
       
   834         inline StaticContext::Ptr finalizeStaticContext(const StaticContext::Ptr &context) const;
       
   835 
       
   836         /**
       
   837          * @short Performs constant propagation, also called constant folding, on this expression.
       
   838          *
       
   839          * This means that it attempts to evaluate this expression at compile and returns the result value
       
   840          * appropriately as an Expression. For example, for the XPath expression
       
   841          * <tt>1 + 3</tt> would an Integer of value 4 would be returned.
       
   842          *
       
   843          * It is not checked whether constant propagation is possible, the
       
   844          * caller is responsible for this.
       
   845          *
       
   846          * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_propagation">Constant folding,
       
   847          * From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>
       
   848          */
       
   849         Expression::Ptr constantPropagate(const StaticContext::Ptr &context) const;
       
   850 
       
   851         Q_DISABLE_COPY(Expression)
       
   852     };
       
   853 
       
   854     Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(Expression::Properties)
       
   855 
       
   856     inline bool Expression::is(const Expression::ID i) const
       
   857     {
       
   858         return id() == i;
       
   859     }
       
   860 
       
   861     inline bool Expression::isEvaluated() const
       
   862     {
       
   863         return has(IsEvaluated);
       
   864     }
       
   865 
       
   866     inline bool Expression::has(const Expression::Property prop) const
       
   867     {
       
   868         return properties().testFlag(prop);
       
   869     }
       
   870 
       
   871     inline bool Expression::hasDependency(const Expression::Property prop) const
       
   872     {
       
   873         return dependencies().testFlag(prop);
       
   874     }
       
   875 
       
   876     inline void Expression::rewrite(Expression::Ptr &old,
       
   877                                     const Expression::Ptr &New,
       
   878                                     const StaticContext::Ptr &context)
       
   879     {
       
   880         Q_ASSERT(old);
       
   881         Q_ASSERT(New);
       
   882 
       
   883         if(old != New)
       
   884         {
       
   885             pDebug() << "AST REWRITE:" << old.data() << "to" << New.data()
       
   886                      << '(' << old->actualReflection() << "to" << New->actualReflection() << ", "
       
   887                      << old->description() << "to" << New->description() << ')';
       
   888 
       
   889             /* The order of these two lines is significant.. */
       
   890             context->addLocation(New.data(), context->locationFor(old->actualReflection()));
       
   891             old = New;
       
   892         }
       
   893     }
       
   894 
       
   895     inline const Expression::Ptr &Expression::rewrite(const Expression::Ptr &to,
       
   896                                                       const StaticContext::Ptr &context) const
       
   897     {
       
   898         context->addLocation(to.data(), context->locationFor(this));
       
   899         return to;
       
   900     }
       
   901 }
       
   902 
       
   903 Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(QPatternist::Expression::Ptr, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
       
   904 
       
   905 QT_END_NAMESPACE
       
   906 
       
   907 QT_END_HEADER
       
   908 
       
   909 #endif