(: This query opens a C++ GCC-XML output file, and outputs a report describing the use of globals variables. Run it, by invoking, for instance: patternist reportGlobal.xq fileToOpen=globals.gccxml > globals.html "fileToOpen=globals.gccxml" binds the string "globals.gccxml" to the variable "fileToOpen." It identifies the GCC-XML file to open. :) declare variable $inDoc as document-node() := doc($fileToOpen); (: Determines whether the type by ID @p typeId is a complex type such as QString. :) declare function local:isComplexType($typeID as xs:string) as xs:boolean { (: We're being a bit crude here and only checks whether it's a class. We actually should check whether it has non-synthesized, constructors, I believe. :) exists($inDoc/GCC_XML/Class[@id = $typeID]) or (: We also want const-qualified variables. :) exists($inDoc/GCC_XML/Class[@id = $inDoc/GCC_XML/CvQualifiedType[@id = $typeID]/@type]) }; declare function local:isPrimitive($typeId as xs:string) as xs:boolean { exists($inDoc/GCC_XML/FundamentalType[@id = $typeId]) }; (: Returns a string for human consumption that describes the location of @p block. :) declare function local:location($block as element()) as xs:string { concat($inDoc/GCC_XML/File[@id = $block/@file]/@name, " at line ", $block/@line) }; declare function local:report() as element()+ { let $complexVariables as element(Variable)* := $inDoc/GCC_XML/Variable[local:isComplexType(@type)] return if(exists($complexVariables)) (: Is the length larger than zero? :) then (<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/">The following global, complex variables were found:</p>, <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/"> { (: For each Variable in $complexVariables... :) $complexVariables/<li><span class="variableName">{string(@name)}</span> in {local:location(.)}</li> } </ol>) else <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/">No global variables that are of complex types were found.</p> , (: List primitive, mutable types. :) let $primitiveVariables as element(Variable)+ := $inDoc/GCC_XML/Variable[local:isPrimitive(@type)] return if(exists($primitiveVariables)) then (<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/">The following mutable primitives were found:</p>, <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/"> { (: For each Variable in $complexVariables... :) $primitiveVariables/<li><span class="variableName">{string(@name)}</span> in {local:location(.)}</li> } </ol>) else <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/">No global variables that are of complex types were found.</p> }; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>Global variables report for {$fileToOpen}</title> </head> <style type="text/css"> .details {{ text-align: center; font-size: 80%; color: gray }} .variableName {{ font-family: courier }} </style> <body> { (: We don't want simple types that are const, but all other types. One could frown upon const integers and say enums should be used instead, but let's be gentle. :) local:report() } <p class="details">This report was generated on</p> </body> </html>