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author | Wim <wim@42.be> | 2018-03-04 23:46:13 +0100 |
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committer | Wim <wim@42.be> | 2018-03-04 23:46:13 +0100 |
commit | 25a72113b122f984c904b24c4af23a1cba1eff45 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/pelletier/go-toml/query/doc.go b/vendor/github.com/pelletier/go-toml/query/doc.go new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ed63c110 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/pelletier/go-toml/query/doc.go @@ -0,0 +1,175 @@ +// Package query performs JSONPath-like queries on a TOML document. +// +// The query path implementation is based loosely on the JSONPath specification: +// http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/. +// +// The idea behind a query path is to allow quick access to any element, or set +// of elements within TOML document, with a single expression. +// +// result, err := query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo.bar.baz", tree) +// +// This is roughly equivalent to: +// +// next := tree.Get("foo") +// if next != nil { +// next = next.Get("bar") +// if next != nil { +// next = next.Get("baz") +// } +// } +// result := next +// +// err is nil if any parsing exception occurs. +// +// If no node in the tree matches the query, result will simply contain an empty list of +// items. +// +// As illustrated above, the query path is much more efficient, especially since +// the structure of the TOML file can vary. Rather than making assumptions about +// a document's structure, a query allows the programmer to make structured +// requests into the document, and get zero or more values as a result. +// +// Query syntax +// +// The syntax of a query begins with a root token, followed by any number +// sub-expressions: +// +// $ +// Root of the TOML tree. This must always come first. +// .name +// Selects child of this node, where 'name' is a TOML key +// name. +// ['name'] +// Selects child of this node, where 'name' is a string +// containing a TOML key name. +// [index] +// Selcts child array element at 'index'. +// ..expr +// Recursively selects all children, filtered by an a union, +// index, or slice expression. +// ..* +// Recursive selection of all nodes at this point in the +// tree. +// .* +// Selects all children of the current node. +// [expr,expr] +// Union operator - a logical 'or' grouping of two or more +// sub-expressions: index, key name, or filter. +// [start:end:step] +// Slice operator - selects array elements from start to +// end-1, at the given step. All three arguments are +// optional. +// [?(filter)] +// Named filter expression - the function 'filter' is +// used to filter children at this node. +// +// Query Indexes And Slices +// +// Index expressions perform no bounds checking, and will contribute no +// values to the result set if the provided index or index range is invalid. +// Negative indexes represent values from the end of the array, counting backwards. +// +// // select the last index of the array named 'foo' +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[-1]", tree) +// +// Slice expressions are supported, by using ':' to separate a start/end index pair. +// +// // select up to the first five elements in the array +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[0:5]", tree) +// +// Slice expressions also allow negative indexes for the start and stop +// arguments. +// +// // select all array elements. +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[0:-1]", tree) +// +// Slice expressions may have an optional stride/step parameter: +// +// // select every other element +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[0:-1:2]", tree) +// +// Slice start and end parameters are also optional: +// +// // these are all equivalent and select all the values in the array +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[:]", tree) +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[0:]", tree) +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[:-1]", tree) +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[0:-1:]", tree) +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[::1]", tree) +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[0::1]", tree) +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[:-1:1]", tree) +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[0:-1:1]", tree) +// +// Query Filters +// +// Query filters are used within a Union [,] or single Filter [] expression. +// A filter only allows nodes that qualify through to the next expression, +// and/or into the result set. +// +// // returns children of foo that are permitted by the 'bar' filter. +// query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo[?(bar)]", tree) +// +// There are several filters provided with the library: +// +// tree +// Allows nodes of type Tree. +// int +// Allows nodes of type int64. +// float +// Allows nodes of type float64. +// string +// Allows nodes of type string. +// time +// Allows nodes of type time.Time. +// bool +// Allows nodes of type bool. +// +// Query Results +// +// An executed query returns a Result object. This contains the nodes +// in the TOML tree that qualify the query expression. Position information +// is also available for each value in the set. +// +// // display the results of a query +// results := query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo.bar.baz", tree) +// for idx, value := results.Values() { +// fmt.Println("%v: %v", results.Positions()[idx], value) +// } +// +// Compiled Queries +// +// Queries may be executed directly on a Tree object, or compiled ahead +// of time and executed discretely. The former is more convenient, but has the +// penalty of having to recompile the query expression each time. +// +// // basic query +// results := query.CompileAndExecute("$.foo.bar.baz", tree) +// +// // compiled query +// query, err := toml.Compile("$.foo.bar.baz") +// results := query.Execute(tree) +// +// // run the compiled query again on a different tree +// moreResults := query.Execute(anotherTree) +// +// User Defined Query Filters +// +// Filter expressions may also be user defined by using the SetFilter() +// function on the Query object. The function must return true/false, which +// signifies if the passed node is kept or discarded, respectively. +// +// // create a query that references a user-defined filter +// query, _ := query.Compile("$[?(bazOnly)]") +// +// // define the filter, and assign it to the query +// query.SetFilter("bazOnly", func(node interface{}) bool{ +// if tree, ok := node.(*Tree); ok { +// return tree.Has("baz") +// } +// return false // reject all other node types +// }) +// +// // run the query +// query.Execute(tree) +// +package query |