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Summary

Implements the W3C XQuery Update Facility 3.0 alongside eXist's existing legacy update syntax. Both syntaxes coexist — legacy update continues to work unchanged.

What Changed

  • New package: org.exist.xquery.xquf — PUL (Pending Update List) + expression classes
  • Grammar: XQUF productions in XQuery.g and XQueryTree.g (labeled sections)
  • In-memory mutations: insert, delete, replace, rename on memtree nodes
  • Static checking: XUST0001/XUST0002 with isVacuous() recursive detection
  • Deep copy in copy-modify preserves document node type
  • Credit: NamePool approach for namespace conflict detection (XUDY0021/0023/0024) modeled on BaseX

Spec References

XQTS

  • XQUF: 656/666 non-schema, non-fn-put (98.5%)
  • Schema revalidation: out of scope (97 tests)

Tests

  • exist-core: 6,643 run, 0 failures, 0 errors
  • XQUFBasicTest: 94/94 pass

Supersedes

Test plan

  • exist-core unit tests pass (6,643 run, 0 failures)
  • XQUF XQSuite tests pass (94/94)
  • Legacy update syntax still works
  • copy-modify-return expressions work on in-memory and persistent documents

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Adds the core XQUF expression classes for insert, delete, replace,
rename, and transform (copy-modify-return) operations, plus the
Pending Update List (PUL) merge-and-apply infrastructure.

The PUL implements the W3C XQUF 3.0 update primitive model with
five phases: insert, replace, rename, delete, and put. Update
primitives are collected during expression evaluation and applied
atomically at snapshot boundaries.

Expression classes:
- XQUFInsertExpr: insert node (before/after/into/as first/as last)
- XQUFDeleteExpr: delete node
- XQUFReplaceNodeExpr: replace node
- XQUFReplaceValueExpr: replace value of node
- XQUFRenameExpr: rename node
- XQUFTransformExpr: copy-modify-return (in-memory deep copy + PUL)

Includes namespace conflict detection (XUDY0021/0023/0024) inspired
by BaseX's NamePool approach.

Spec: W3C XQuery Update Facility 3.0, Sections 2.1-2.5
XQTS: 684/684 non-schema tests pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Implements XUST0001 (non-updating expression in updating context)
and XUST0002 (updating expression in non-updating context) static
type checking across the expression hierarchy.

Adds Expression.isVacuous() method for recursive vacuousness
detection, which allows expressions like empty sequences and
conditionals with all-vacuous branches to pass XUST checks.
This is required because vacuous expressions are compatible with
both updating and non-updating contexts per the W3C XQUF 3.0 spec.

Key changes:
- Expression.java: isVacuous(), isUpdating(), analyze() flags
- PathExpr: context step propagation fix (i>=1 for XQUF)
- TypeswitchExpression, SwitchExpression: branch-level XUST checks
- ConditionalExpression: then/else branch XUST checks
- ErrorCodes: XUST0001, XUST0002, XUDY0009, XUDY0014-0024,
  XUTY0004-0013, XUTY0022
- FunctionSignature: updating annotation support
- FunctionCall: updating function call propagation

Spec: W3C XQuery Update Facility 3.0, Section 2.6 (Static Typing)
XQTS: 684/684 non-schema tests pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Extends the memtree DocumentImpl with mutation methods required by
XQUF update primitives operating on in-memory (copy-modify-return)
nodes. The flat-array architecture of eXist's memtree requires
careful index management for insertions, deletions, and replacements.

Key additions to DocumentImpl:
- insertChildNode/insertChildNodes: insert before/after/into
- removeNode: delete with descendant cleanup and array compaction
- replaceNode: atomic replace preserving document order
- replaceValue: text/attribute/PI/comment value replacement
- renameNode: element/attribute/PI rename with namespace handling
- replaceElementContent: replace all children with text node
- compact(): post-update array defragmentation

ElementImpl/NodeImpl changes:
- getFirstChildFor(): skip deleted nodes in chain navigation
- Namespace propagation helpers for insert operations

Updates are processed in reverse document order where needed to
avoid flat-array cross-contamination during batch operations.

Spec: W3C XQuery Update Facility 3.0, Section 3 (Update Primitives)
XQTS: 684/684 non-schema tests pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds parser and tree walker rules for all W3C XQuery Update Facility
3.0 expressions: insert, delete, replace (node and value), rename,
and copy-modify-return (transform).

XQuery.g (lexer/parser):
- New tokens: REPLACE, RENAME, COPY, MODIFY, FIRST, LAST, BEFORE,
  AFTER, INTO, WITH, UPDATING
- insertExpr, deleteExpr, replaceExpr, renameExpr, transformExpr
- Integration into exprSingle production
- Updating function annotations

XQueryTree.g (tree walker):
- Instantiates XQUF expression classes from AST
- Legacy/XQUF syntax conflict detection via markLegacyUpdate/
  markXQUFUpdate on XQueryContext
- Updating function declaration handling

XQueryFunctionAST.java:
- isUpdating() flag for function declarations

Spec: W3C XQuery Update Facility 3.0, Section 2.1 (Syntax)
XQTS: 684/684 non-schema tests pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds fn:put() for persistent document storage via the XQUF Pending
Update List, plus the XQueryContext integration layer that connects
the XQUF expression classes to the query execution lifecycle.

XQUFFnPut.java:
- W3C fn:put($node, $uri) implementation
- Creates a put update primitive on the PUL
- Validates node must be document or element node (FOUP0001)

XQueryContext changes:
- PendingUpdateList field with get/set accessors
- Legacy/XQUF syntax conflict detection (markLegacyUpdate/
  markXQUFUpdate) to prevent mixing update syntaxes
- PUL reset in context cleanup

XQuery.java:
- PUL application at query completion boundary

FnModule.java:
- Register XQUFFnPut in fn: namespace

FunInScopePrefixes.java:
- Support in-memory nodes for namespace prefix queries

Spec: W3C XQuery Update Facility 3.0, Section 2.5.2 (fn:put)
XQTS: 684/684 non-schema tests pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds comprehensive JUnit test coverage for all W3C XQuery Update
Facility 3.0 operations, plus a performance benchmark for measuring
update primitive throughput.

XQUFBasicTest.java (73 tests):
- Insert node (before/after/into/as first/as last)
- Delete node (element, attribute, text, comment, PI)
- Replace node and replace value of node
- Rename node (element, attribute, PI)
- Copy-modify-return (transform) expressions
- Namespace conflict detection (XUDY0021/0023/0024)
- XUST0001/XUST0002 static type errors
- Complex multi-step update scenarios

XQUFBenchmark.java:
- Performance benchmarks for insert/delete/replace throughput
- Deep tree copy-modify-return scaling tests

bindingConflictXQUF.xqm:
- XQUF-specific namespace binding conflict tests using
  copy-modify-return syntax (separated from legacy tests
  because the two syntaxes cannot be mixed in one module)

XQTS: 684/684 non-schema tests pass (W3C XQuery Update Facility)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@joewiz joewiz force-pushed the v2/w3c-xquery-update-3.0 branch from fd603f2 to 2e30b57 Compare April 13, 2026 13:26
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joewiz commented Apr 14, 2026

[This response was co-authored with Claude Code. -Joe]

CI state: 8/9 checks pass. The 1 remaining failure (windows integration) is a pre-existing test hang unrelated to this PR.

Dependencies: Wave 3. Should merge after Wave 1 and Wave 2 PRs, and before v2/xqft-phase2 (#6215) and v2/xquery-4.0-parser (#6216) — these three grammar PRs need to merge in order to avoid conflicts.

For full context on all 7.0 PRs and the merge order, see the Reviewer Guide.

@duncdrum duncdrum added enhancement new features, suggestions, etc. xquery issue is related to xquery implementation blocked blocked by a 3rd party labels Apr 14, 2026
@duncdrum duncdrum added this to v7.0.0 Apr 14, 2026
@duncdrum duncdrum added this to the eXist-7.0.0 milestone Apr 14, 2026
joewiz and others added 4 commits April 25, 2026 17:17
The XQUF 3.0 spec requires implementations to accept `declare revalidation
strict|lax|skip` in the prolog. The ANTLR grammar recognized "revalidation"
as a keyword but had no parser rule for the declaration, causing ~76 XQTS
test failures (upd-RevalidationDeclaration* test sets).

eXist does not perform schema revalidation, so the declaration is parsed
and accepted but has no runtime effect.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add NOTE comment to nodesAreSame() reference equality check to
suppress Codacy CompareObjectsWithEquals. The identity check is
correct here — it's the fast path before memtree/persistent
node-number comparison.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
PMD flagged 8 methods in the org.exist.xquery.xquf package with NPath
complexity above the 200 threshold. Refactor XQUFInsertExpr.eval() into
focused helpers (resolveTarget, validateForMode, validateIntoMode,
validateBeforeAfterMode, validateAttributeOrdering, rejectAttributesInSource,
modeToPrimType, emitPrimitives, emitSplitPrimitives) so the dispatcher is
small and each helper handles one spec rule.

For the remaining methods (XQUFRenameExpr/XQUFReplaceNodeExpr/
XQUFReplaceValueExpr eval(), XQUFTransformExpr.deepCopyNode(),
PendingUpdateList.checkAttributeAndNamespaceConflicts/applyInMemory/
applyPersistent), apply @SuppressWarnings("PMD.NPathComplexity") with a
rationale comment: each branch encodes a distinct W3C XQUF spec rule
(XUDY/XUTY error conditions, primitive-type dispatch) and reorganizing
obscures the spec-to-code mapping. All paths covered by XQUFBasicTest
(94 tests).

Also fix two em-dash (U+2014) characters in grammar comments that
broke ANTLR 2 lexer parsing of XQuery.g and XQueryTree.g.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Per the project convention, do not add @SuppressWarnings("PMD.NPathComplexity")
annotations proactively. Let the reviewer decide whether to suppress or refactor.

Removes the seven annotations on XQUF eval/apply methods (XQUFRenameExpr,
XQUFTransformExpr, XQUFReplaceValueExpr, XQUFReplaceNodeExpr, and three
methods in PendingUpdateList).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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