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                     39:       <span class="refentrytitle">pattern</span>
                     40:     </h2>
                     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>;
                     47: typedef enum <a href="#xmlPatternFlags">xmlPatternFlags</a>;
                     48: typedef struct _xmlStreamCtxt <a href="#xmlStreamCtxt">xmlStreamCtxt</a>;
                     49: typedef struct _xmlPattern <a href="#xmlPattern">xmlPattern</a>;
                     50: typedef <a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPattern">xmlPattern</a> * <a href="#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a>;
                     51: int    <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);
                     53: int    <a href="#xmlPatternFromRoot">xmlPatternFromRoot</a>            (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
                     54: void   <a href="#xmlFreePatternList">xmlFreePatternList</a>            (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
                     55: int    <a href="#xmlPatternStreamable">xmlPatternStreamable</a>                (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
                     56: int    <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);
                     57: int    <a href="#xmlPatternMatch">xmlPatternMatch</a>                  (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp, <br/>                                      <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node);
                     58: int    <a href="#xmlStreamWantsAnyNode">xmlStreamWantsAnyNode</a>              (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> streamCtxt);
                     59: int    <a href="#xmlStreamPop">xmlStreamPop</a>                        (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream);
                     60: void   <a href="#xmlFreePattern">xmlFreePattern</a>                    (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
                     61: int    <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);
                     62: int    <a href="#xmlPatternMaxDepth">xmlPatternMaxDepth</a>            (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlPatternPtr">xmlPatternPtr</a> comp);
                     63: <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);
                     64: int    <a href="#xmlStreamPushNode">xmlStreamPushNode</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, <br/>                                  int nodeType);
                     65: void   <a href="#xmlFreeStreamCtxt">xmlFreeStreamCtxt</a>              (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> stream);
                     66: </pre>
                     67:     </div>
                     68:     <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
                     69:       <h2>Description</h2>
                     70:     </div>
                     71:     <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
                     72:       <h2>Details</h2>
                     73:       <div class="refsect2" lang="en">
                     74:         <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPattern">Structure </a>xmlPattern</h3><pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlPattern {
                     75: The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
                     76: } xmlPattern;
                     77: </pre><p/>
                     78: </div>
                     79:         <hr/>
                     80:         <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlPatternFlags">Enum </a>xmlPatternFlags</h3><pre class="programlisting">enum <a href="#xmlPatternFlags">xmlPatternFlags</a> {
                     81:     <a name="XML_PATTERN_DEFAULT">XML_PATTERN_DEFAULT</a> = 0 /* simple pattern match */
                     82:     <a name="XML_PATTERN_XPATH">XML_PATTERN_XPATH</a> = 1 /* standard XPath pattern */
                     83:     <a name="XML_PATTERN_XSSEL">XML_PATTERN_XSSEL</a> = 2 /* XPath subset for schema selector */
                     84:     <a name="XML_PATTERN_XSFIELD">XML_PATTERN_XSFIELD</a> = 4 /*  XPath subset for schema field */
                     85: };
                     86: </pre><p/>
                     87: </div>
                     88:         <hr/>
                     89:         <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;
                     90: </pre><p/>
                     91: </div>
                     92:         <hr/>
                     93:         <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStreamCtxt">Structure </a>xmlStreamCtxt</h3><pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlStreamCtxt {
                     94: The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
                     95: } xmlStreamCtxt;
                     96: </pre><p/>
                     97: </div>
                     98:         <hr/>
                     99:         <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;
                    100: </pre><p/>
                    101: </div>
                    102:         <hr/>
                    103:         <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/>
                    104: </pre><p>Free up the memory allocated by @comp</p>
                    105: <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>
                    106:         <hr/>
                    107:         <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/>
                    108: </pre><p>Free up the memory allocated by all the elements of @comp</p>
                    109: <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>
                    110:         <hr/>
                    111:         <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/>
                    112: </pre><p>Free the stream context</p>
                    113: <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>
                    114:         <hr/>
                    115:         <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/>
                    116: </pre><p>Check if the pattern must be looked at from the root.</p>
                    117: <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>
                    118:         <hr/>
                    119:         <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/>
                    120: </pre><p>Get a streaming context for that pattern Use <a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlFreeStreamCtxt">xmlFreeStreamCtxt</a> to free the context.</p>
                    121: <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>
                    122:         <hr/>
                    123:         <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/>
                    124: </pre><p>Test whether the node matches the pattern</p>
                    125: <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>
                    126:         <hr/>
                    127:         <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/>
                    128: </pre><p>Check the maximum depth reachable by a pattern</p>
                    129: <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>
                    130:         <hr/>
                    131:         <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/>
                    132: </pre><p>Check the minimum depth reachable by a pattern, 0 mean the / or . are part of the set.</p>
                    133: <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>
                    134:         <hr/>
                    135:         <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/>
                    136: </pre><p>Check if the pattern is streamable i.e. xmlPatternGetStreamCtxt() should work.</p>
                    137: <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>
                    138:         <hr/>
                    139:         <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/>
                    140: </pre><p>Compile a pattern.</p>
                    141: <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>
                    142:         <hr/>
                    143:         <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/>
                    144: </pre><p>push one level from the stream.</p>
                    145: <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>
                    146:         <hr/>
                    147:         <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/>
                    148: </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. Otherwise the function will act as if it has been given an element-node.</p>
                    149: <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>
                    150:         <hr/>
                    151:         <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/>
                    152: </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. Otherwise the function will act as if it has been given an attribute-node.</p>
                    153: <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>
                    154:         <hr/>
                    155:         <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStreamPushNode"/>xmlStreamPushNode ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int      xmlStreamPushNode               (<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/>                                  int nodeType)<br/>
                    156: </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. Different from xmlStreamPush() this function can be fed with nodes of type: element-, attribute-, text-, cdata-section-, comment- and processing-instruction-node.</p>
                    157: <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>nodeType</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the type of the node being pushed</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>
                    158:         <hr/>
                    159:         <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStreamWantsAnyNode"/>xmlStreamWantsAnyNode ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int      xmlStreamWantsAnyNode           (<a href="libxml2-pattern.html#xmlStreamCtxtPtr">xmlStreamCtxtPtr</a> streamCtxt)<br/>
                    160: </pre><p>Query if the streaming pattern additionally needs to be fed with text-, cdata-section-, comment- and processing-instruction-nodes. If the result is 0 then only element-nodes and attribute-nodes need to be pushed.</p>
                    161: <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>streamCtxt</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 need of nodes of the above described types, 0 otherwise. -1 on API errors.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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