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    41 
       
    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
       
    47 // implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
       
    48 // version without notice, or even be removed.
       
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    51 
       
    52 #ifndef Patternist_ExternalVariableLoader_H
       
    53 #define Patternist_ExternalVariableLoader_H
       
    54 
       
    55 #include "qitem_p.h"
       
    56 #include "qsequencetype_p.h"
       
    57 #include "qxmlname.h"
       
    58 
       
    59 QT_BEGIN_HEADER
       
    60 
       
    61 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
       
    62 
       
    63 namespace QPatternist
       
    64 {
       
    65     class DynamicContext;
       
    66 
       
    67     /**
       
    68      * @short Responsible for loading and declaring available external variables.
       
    69      *
       
    70      * An external variable in XQuery is a global variable that has been declared to receive
       
    71      * its value from the XQuery implementation, as opposed to an initializing expression. Here
       
    72      * is an example of a query with an external variable declaration, followed by a ordinary
       
    73      * global variable:
       
    74      *
       
    75      * <tt> declare variable $theName external;
       
    76      * declare variable $theName := "the value";
       
    77      * "And here's the query body(a string literal)"</tt>
       
    78      *
       
    79      * An external variable declaration can also specify a sequence type:
       
    80      *
       
    81      * <tt>declare variable $theName as xs:integer external;</tt>
       
    82      *
       
    83      * This class allows the user to supply the values to external variables. When
       
    84      * an external variable declaration occur in the query,
       
    85      * announceExternalVariable() is called.
       
    86      *
       
    87      * @ingroup Patternist_xdm
       
    88      * @author Frans Englich <frans.englich@nokia.com>
       
    89      */
       
    90     class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT ExternalVariableLoader : public QSharedData
       
    91     {
       
    92     public:
       
    93         typedef QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<ExternalVariableLoader> Ptr;
       
    94         inline ExternalVariableLoader() {}
       
    95 
       
    96         virtual ~ExternalVariableLoader();
       
    97 
       
    98         /**
       
    99          * Called when Patternist encounters an external variable in the query. It is guaranteed
       
   100          * to be called once for each external variable appearing in a query module.
       
   101          *
       
   102          * @param name the name of the variable. Quaranteed to never be @c null.
       
   103          * @param declaredType the type that the user declared the variable to be of. Whether
       
   104          * this type matches the actual value of the variable or not is irrelevant. Patternist
       
   105          * will do the necessary error handling based on the sequence type that is returned from
       
   106          * this function. If the user didn't declare a type, the type is <tt>item()*</tt>(zero or
       
   107          * more items). Quaranteed to never be @c null.
       
   108          * @returns the sequence type of the value this ExternalVariableLoader actually supplies. However,
       
   109          * if the ExternalVariableLoader knows it cannot supply a variable by this name, @c null should be
       
   110          * returned.
       
   111          */
       
   112         virtual SequenceType::Ptr announceExternalVariable(const QXmlName name,
       
   113                                                            const SequenceType::Ptr &declaredType);
       
   114 
       
   115         /**
       
   116          * This function is called at runtime when the external variable by name @p name needs
       
   117          * to be evaluated. It is not defined how many times this function will be called. It
       
   118          * depends on aspects such as how the query was optimized.
       
   119          *
       
   120          * @param name the name of the variable. Quaranteed to never be @c null.
       
   121          * @param context the DynamicContext.
       
   122          * @returns the value of the variable. Remember that this value must match the
       
   123          * sequence type returned from announceExternalVariable() for the same name.
       
   124          */
       
   125         virtual Item::Iterator::Ptr evaluateSequence(const QXmlName name,
       
   126                                                      const QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<DynamicContext> &context);
       
   127 
       
   128         virtual Item evaluateSingleton(const QXmlName name,
       
   129                                             const QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<DynamicContext> &context);
       
   130         virtual bool evaluateEBV(const QXmlName name,
       
   131                                  const QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<DynamicContext> &context);
       
   132     };
       
   133 }
       
   134 
       
   135 QT_END_NAMESPACE
       
   136 
       
   137 QT_END_HEADER
       
   138 
       
   139 #endif