Open AccessA Runtime System for XML Transformations in Java
Author(s) -
AnneSofie Christensen,
Christian Kirkegaard,
Anders Pape Møller
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
brics report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1601-5355
pISSN - 0909-0878
DOI - 10.7146/brics.v10i29.21797
Subject(s) - computer science , xpath , programming language , xml , streaming xml , xml validation , java , xml database , xml framework , document type definition , database , operating system
We show that it is possible to extend a general-purpose programming language with a convenient high-level data-type for manipulating XML documents while permitting (1) precise static analysis for guaranteeing validity of the constructed XML documents relative to the given DTD schemas, and (2) a runtime system where the operations can be performed efficiently. The system, named X ACT , is based on a notion of immutable XML templates and uses XPath for deconstructing documents. A companion paper presents the program analysis; this paper focuses on the efficient runtime representation.