src/xmlpatterns/api/qabstractxmlpullprovider.cpp
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+
+#include <QHash>
+
+#include "qxmlname.h"
+#include "qnamepool_p.h"
+#include "qabstractxmlpullprovider_p.h"
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+using namespace QPatternist;
+
+// TODO have example where query selects, and the events for the result are indented
+
+/*!
+  \internal
+  \class AbstractXmlPullProvider
+  \brief The AbstractXmlPullProvider class provides a pull-based stream interface for the XPath Data Model.
+  \reentrant
+  \ingroup xml-tools
+
+  AbstractXmlPullProvider allows a stream of items from the XPath Data Model -- essentially XML --
+  to be iterated over. The subclass of AbstractXmlPullProvider provides the events, and the
+  user calling next() and so on, consumes them. AbstractXmlPullProvider can be considered
+  a forward-only, non-reversible iterator.
+
+  Note that the content the events describes, are not necessarily a well-formed XML document, but
+  rather an instance of the XPath Data model, to be specific. For instance, maybe a pull provider
+  returns two atomic values, followed by an element tree, and at the end two document nodes.
+
+  If you are subclassing AbstractXmlPullProvider, be careful to correctly implement
+  the behaviors, as described for the individual members and events.
+
+  \sa AbstractXmlPullProvider::Event
+ */
+
+/*!
+  \enum AbstractXmlPullProvider::Event
+  \value StartOfInput The value AbstractXmlPullProvider::current() returns before the first call to next().
+  \value AtomicValue an atomic value such as an \c xs:integer, \c xs:hexBinary, or \c xs:dateTime. Atomic values
+         can only be top level items.
+  \value StartDocument Signals the start of a document node. Note that a AbstractXmlPullProvider can provide
+         a sequence of document nodes.
+  \value EndDocument Signals the end of a document node. StartDocument and EndDocument are always balanced
+         and always top-level events. For instance, StartDocument can never appear after any StartElement
+         events that hasn't been balanced by the corresponding amount of EndElement events.
+  \value StartElement Signals an element start tag.
+  \value EndElement Signals the end of an element. StartElement and EndElement events are always balanced.
+  \value Text Signals a text node. Adjacent text nodes cannot occur.
+  \value ProcessingInstruction A processing instruction. Its name is returned from name(), and its value in stringValue().
+  \value Comment a comment node. Its value can be retrieved with stingValue().
+  \value Attribute Signals an attribute node. Attribute events can only appear after Namespace events, or
+         if no such are sent, after the StartElement. In addition they must appear sequentially,
+         and each name must be unique. The ordering of attribute events is undefined and insignificant.
+  \value Namespace Signals a namespace binding. They occur very infrequently and are not needed for attributes
+         and elements. Namespace events can only appear after the StartElement event. The
+         ordering of namespace events is undefined and insignificant.
+  \value EndOfInput When next() is called after the last event, EndOfInput is returned.
+
+  \sa AbstractXmlPullProvider::current()
+ */
+
+/*!
+  Constucts a AbstractXmlPullProvider instance.
+ */
+AbstractXmlPullProvider::AbstractXmlPullProvider()
+{
+}
+
+/*!
+  Destructs this AbstractXmlPullProvider.
+ */
+AbstractXmlPullProvider::~AbstractXmlPullProvider()
+{
+}
+
+/*!
+  \fn Event AbstractXmlPullProvider::next() = 0;
+  Advances this AbstractXmlPullProvider, and returns the new event.
+
+  \sa current()
+ */
+
+/*!
+  \fn Event AbstractXmlPullProvider::current() const = 0;
+  Returns the event that next() returned the last time it was called. It doesn't
+  alter this AbstractXmlPullProvider.
+
+  current() may not modify this AbstractXmlPullProvider's state. Subsequent calls to current()
+  must return the same value.
+
+  \sa AbstractXmlPullProvider::Event
+ */
+
+/*!
+  \fn QName AbstractXmlPullProvider::name() const = 0;
+  If the current event is StartElement,
+  EndElement, ProcessingInstruction, Attribute, or Namespace, the node's name is returned.
+
+  If the current event is ProcessingInstruction,
+  the processing instruction target is in in the local name.
+
+  If the current event is Namespace, the name's namespace URI is the namespace, and
+  the local name is the prefix the name is binding to.
+
+  In all other cases, an invalid QName is returned.
+ */
+
+/*!
+  \fn QVariant AbstractXmlPullProvider::atomicValue() const = 0;
+
+  If current() event is AtomicValue, the atomic value is returned as a QVariant.
+  In all other cases, this function returns a null QVariant.
+ */
+
+/*!
+ \fn QString AbstractXmlPullProvider::stringValue() const = 0;
+
+  If current() is Text, the text node's value is returned.
+
+  If the current() event is Comment, its value is returned. The subclasser guarantees
+  it does not contain the string "-->".
+
+  If the current() event is ProcessingInstruction, its data is returned. The subclasser
+  guarantees the data does not contain the string "?>".
+
+  In other cases, it returns a default constructed string.
+  */
+
+/*!
+ \fn QHash<QXmlName, QString> AbstractXmlPullProvider::attributes() = 0;
+
+  If the current() is Element, the attributes of the element are returned,
+  an empty list of attributes otherwise.
+ */
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+