com.saxonica.update
Interface PendingUpdateAction

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeleteAction, InsertAction, InsertAttributeAction, PutAction, RenameAction, ReplaceAttributeAction, ReplaceNodeAction, ReplaceValueAction

public interface PendingUpdateAction

A pending update action, such as is found on a pending update list

Method Summary

void	apply(XPathContext context, java.util.Set affectedRootSet) Apply the pending update action to the affected nodes
int	getApplyPhase() Get the phase of operation in which this pending update action is applied.
NodeInfo	getTargetNode() Get the target node of the update action

Method Detail

apply

void apply(XPathContext context,
           java.util.Set affectedRootSet)
           throws XPathException

Apply the pending update action to the affected nodes

Parameters:

context - the XPath evaluation context

affectedRootSet - the set of root nodes of trees that have been modified, which this action should add to as necessary

Throws:

XPathException - if any error occurs applying the update

getTargetNode

NodeInfo getTargetNode()

Get the target node of the update action

Returns:

the target node, the node to which this update action applies. Returns null in the case of a delete action, which affects multiple nodes.

getApplyPhase

int getApplyPhase()

Get the phase of operation in which this pending update action is applied. See 3.2.2 upd:applyUpdates, Semantics, rule 2.

Returns:

the phase of operation, an integer in the range 1 to 5 representing the stages labelled a-e in the specification, or 6 for a PutAction