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// - Xne.hpp                                                                 -
// - afnix:xml module - xne class definition                                 -
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// - copyright (c) 1999-2008 amaury darsch                                   -
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#ifndef  AFNIX_XNE_HPP
#define  AFNIX_XNE_HPP

#ifndef  AFNIX_ITEM_HPP
#include "Item.hpp"
#endif

#ifndef  AFNIX_XMLNODE_HPP
#include "XmlNode.hpp"
#endif

namespace afnix {

  /// The Xne class is the xml node engine (XNE) system class that
  /// holds the basic node definitions. Such engine is used for node
  /// manipulation as well as node location.
  /// @author amaury darsch

  class Xne {
  public:
    /// the node selector type
    enum t_xsel {
      XNE_ID,   // node id selector
      XNE_NAME, // node name selector
      XNE_INDEX // node index selector
    };

    /// @return a selector type by item
    static t_xsel totype (const Item& item);

    /// @return a selector type by object
    static t_xsel totype (Object* obj);

    /// @return an item by type
    static Item* toitem (const t_xsel xsel);

    /// @return true if the name is a valid nc name
    static bool isncnm (const String& name);

    /// get the prefix from a name
    /// @param name the name to parse
    static String getpnam (const String& name);

    /// get the local name from a name
    /// @param name the name to parse
    static String getlnam (const String& name);

    /// get an expanded name from a prefix and a local name
    /// @param pnam the prefix name
    /// @param lnam the local name
    static String toexnm (const String& pnam, const String& lnam);

  public:
    /// evaluate an object data member
    /// @param robj  the current runnable
    /// @param nset  the current nameset
    /// @param quark the quark to evaluate
    static Object* meval (Runnable* robj, Nameset* nset, const long quark);
  };
}

#endif
