20 files changed, 1270 insertions, 75 deletions

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 87f6ef8..fd72602 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -659,6 +659,39 @@ if (APPLE AND IOS AND OFF)
 
 endif()
 
+
+# NULL datamodel
+
+file(GLOB NULL_DATAMODEL
+	src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/*.cpp
+	src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/*.h
+)
+source_group("Datamodel\\null" FILES ${NULL_DATAMODEL})
+if (BUILD_AS_PLUGINS)
+	add_library(datamodel_null SHARED ${NULL_DATAMODEL})
+	target_link_libraries(datamodel_null uscxml)
+	set_target_properties(datamodel_null PROPERTIES FOLDER "Plugin DataModel")
+else()
+	list (APPEND USCXML_FILES ${NULL_DATAMODEL})
+endif()
+
+
+# XPath datamodel
+
+file(GLOB XPATH_DATAMODEL
+	src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/*.cpp
+	src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/*.h
+)
+source_group("Datamodel\\xpath" FILES ${XPATH_DATAMODEL})
+if (BUILD_AS_PLUGINS)
+	add_library(datamodel_xpath SHARED ${XPATH_DATAMODEL})
+	target_link_libraries(datamodel_xpath uscxml)
+	set_target_properties(datamodel_xpath PROPERTIES FOLDER "Plugin DataModel")
+else()
+	list (APPEND USCXML_FILES ${XPATH_DATAMODEL})
+endif()
+
+
 # GOOGLE V8 ecmascript datamodel
 
 #if (NOT APPLE OR IOS)
@@ -759,8 +792,8 @@ if (UMUNDO_FOUND)
 		list (APPEND USCXML_FILES ${UMUNDO_INVOKER})
 		list (APPEND USCXML_OPT_LIBS ${UMUNDO_LIBRARIES})
 	endif()
+	add_definitions("-DUMUNDO_STATIC")
 endif()
-add_definitions("-DUMUNDO_STATIC")
 
 
 # USCXML invoker 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 476d14b..05d2017 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ the respective build-process and did not precompile required libraries.
    * <b>Datamodels</b>
        * ECMAScript using Google's v8 and JavaScriptCore (JSC is incomplete)
        * Prolog using SWI prolog
-       * No NULL datamodel yet
-       * No XPath datamodel yet
+       * NULL datamodel with required <tt>In</tt> predicate
+       * <b>No</b> XPath datamodel yet
    * <b>Invokers</b>
        * <tt>scxml</tt>: Invoke a nested scxml interpreter
        * <tt>dirmon</tt>: Watches a directory for changes to files
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ the respective build-process and did not precompile required libraries.
    * <b>Communication</b>
        * Features the standard basichttp io-processor
        * Features the required SCXML io-processor
-       * No DOM io-processor
+       * <b>No</b> DOM io-processor yet
        * Can actually respond to HTTP requests with data via &lt;response>
    * <b>Language Bindings</b>
        * PHP module for apache and cli interpreter
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ the respective build-process and did not precompile required libraries.
 We continuously run the [W3C IRP tests](http://www.w3.org/Voice/2013/scxml-irp/) for SCXML. The results the for
 various platforms can be [found here](http://uscxml.tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/cdash/index.php?project=uscxml).
 There are a few [excluded tests](https://github.com/tklab-tud/uscxml/blob/master/contrib/ctest/CTestCustom.ctest.in) 
-regarding the <tt>NULL</tt> and <tt>XPath</tt> datamodel, as well as the manual tests.
+regarding the <tt>XPath</tt> datamodel and the manual tests.
 
 uSCXML still fails the following tests:
 
diff --git a/contrib/ctest/CTestCustom.ctest.in b/contrib/ctest/CTestCustom.ctest.in
index 480cb18..fd93ab6 100644
--- a/contrib/ctest/CTestCustom.ctest.in
+++ b/contrib/ctest/CTestCustom.ctest.in
@@ -8,25 +8,6 @@
 # skip xpath datamodel tests
 
 set(CTEST_CUSTOM_TESTS_IGNORE
-	"test463.scxml"
-	"test464.scxml"
-	"test465.scxml"
-	"test466.scxml"
-	"test467.scxml"
-	"test468.scxml"
-	"test469.scxml"
-	"test470.scxml"
-	"test473.scxml"
-	"test474.scxml"
-	"test475.scxml"
-	"test476.scxml"
-	"test477.scxml"
-	"test478.scxml"
-	"test479.scxml"
-	"test480.scxml"
-	"test481.scxml"
-	"test482.scxml"
-	"test537.scxml"
 	"test539.scxml"
 	"test540.scxml"
 	"test542.scxml"
@@ -35,13 +16,13 @@ set(CTEST_CUSTOM_TESTS_IGNORE
 	"test547.scxml"
 	"test555.scxml"
 	"test568.scxml"
+	
 	"test178.scxml"
 	"test230.scxml"
 	"test250.scxml"
 	"test307.scxml"
 	"test313.scxml"
 	"test314.scxml"
-	"test436.scxml"
 )
 
 
diff --git a/src/bindings/swig/php/uscxmlNativePHP.php b/src/bindings/swig/php/uscxmlNativePHP.php
index 34984ab..89cad82 100644
--- a/src/bindings/swig/php/uscxmlNativePHP.php
+++ b/src/bindings/swig/php/uscxmlNativePHP.php
@@ -26,6 +26,64 @@ if (!extension_loaded('uscxmlNativePHP')) {
 
 
 
+abstract class uscxmlNativePHP {
+	const CAN_NOTHING = 0;
+
+	const CAN_BASIC_HTTP = 1;
+
+	const CAN_GENERIC_HTTP = 2;
+
+	const ANY = 0;
+
+	const BOOL = BOOL;
+
+	const NUMBER = NUMBER;
+
+	const STRING = STRING;
+
+	const NODE_SET = NODE_SET;
+
+	static function NaN_get() {
+		return NaN_get();
+	}
+
+	static function Zero_get() {
+		return Zero_get();
+	}
+
+	static function Negative_Zero_get() {
+		return Negative_Zero_get();
+	}
+
+	static function Infinity_get() {
+		return Infinity_get();
+	}
+
+	static function Negative_Infinity_get() {
+		return Negative_Infinity_get();
+	}
+
+	static function isNaN($value) {
+		return isNaN($value);
+	}
+
+	static function isInfinity($value) {
+		return isInfinity($value);
+	}
+
+	static function isNegativeInfinity($value) {
+		return isNegativeInfinity($value);
+	}
+
+	static function isInfinite($value) {
+		return isInfinite($value);
+	}
+
+	static function roundNumber($value) {
+		return roundNumber($value);
+	}
+}
+
 /* PHP Proxy Classes */
 class Data {
 	public $_cPtr=null;
@@ -67,6 +125,10 @@ class Data {
 		}
 	}
 
+	function isValid() {
+		return Data_isValid($this->_cPtr);
+	}
+
 	static function fromJSON($jsonString) {
 		$r=Data_fromJSON($jsonString);
 		if (is_resource($r)) {
diff --git a/src/uscxml/Factory.cpp b/src/uscxml/Factory.cpp
index e927693..c74196a 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/Factory.cpp
+++ b/src/uscxml/Factory.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
 #   include "uscxml/plugins/datamodel/prolog/swi/SWIDataModel.h"
 # endif
 
+#include "uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/NULLDataModel.h"
+#include "uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/XPathDataModel.h"
+
+
 # include "uscxml/plugins/element/fetch/FetchElement.h"
 # include "uscxml/plugins/element/response/ResponseElement.h"
 # include "uscxml/plugins/element/postpone/PostponeElement.h"
@@ -146,6 +150,14 @@ Factory::Factory() {
 
 	// these are always available
 	{
+		NULLDataModel* dataModel = new NULLDataModel();
+		registerDataModel(dataModel);
+	}
+	{
+		XPathDataModel* dataModel = new XPathDataModel();
+		registerDataModel(dataModel);
+	}
+	{
 		USCXMLInvoker* invoker = new USCXMLInvoker();
 		registerInvoker(invoker);
 	}
diff --git a/src/uscxml/Factory.h b/src/uscxml/Factory.h
index c396e63..540cf61 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/Factory.h
+++ b/src/uscxml/Factory.h
@@ -240,14 +240,33 @@ public:
 	virtual void pushContext() = 0;
 	virtual void popContext() = 0;
 
+	virtual bool supportsJSON() { return false; }
+	
 	virtual void eval(const std::string& expr) = 0;
 	virtual std::string evalAsString(const std::string& expr) = 0;
 	virtual bool evalAsBool(const std::string& expr) = 0;
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc) = 0;
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const std::string& expr) = 0;
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const Data& data) = 0;
 	virtual bool isDeclared(const std::string& expr) = 0;
 
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) = 0;
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const std::string& expr,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) = 0;
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Data& data,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) = 0;
+
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) = 0;
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const std::string& expr,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) = 0;
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Data& data,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) = 0;
+
 protected:
 	InterpreterImpl* _interpreter;
 };
@@ -295,6 +314,9 @@ public:
 	virtual void popContext() {
 		return _impl->popContext();
 	}
+	virtual bool supportsJSON() {
+		return _impl->supportsJSON();
+	}
 
 	virtual void eval(const std::string& expr) {
 		return _impl->eval(expr);
@@ -306,15 +328,36 @@ public:
 		return _impl->evalAsBool(expr);
 	}
 
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc) {
-		return _impl->assign(location, doc);
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {
+		return _impl->assign(location, doc, assignElem);
+	}
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const std::string& expr,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {
+		return _impl->assign(location, expr, assignElem);
+	}
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Data& data,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {
+		return _impl->assign(location, data, assignElem);
 	}
 
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const std::string& expr) {
-		return _impl->assign(location, expr);
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+		return _impl->init(location, doc, dataElem);
+	}
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const std::string& expr,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+		return _impl->init(location, expr, dataElem);
 	}
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const Data& data) {
-		return _impl->assign(location, data);
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Data& data,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+		return _impl->init(location, data, dataElem);
 	}
 
 	virtual bool isDeclared(const std::string& expr) {
diff --git a/src/uscxml/Interpreter.cpp b/src/uscxml/Interpreter.cpp
index 33d3b03..a78d4a0 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/Interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/uscxml/Interpreter.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::init() {
 /**
  * Called with a single data element from the topmost datamodel element.
  */
-void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Node<std::string>& data) {
+void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Element<std::string>& data) {
 	if (!_dataModel) {
 		LOG(ERROR) << "Cannot initialize data when no datamodel is given!";
 		return;
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Node<std::string>& data) {
 	/// test 240 - initialize from invoke request
 	if (_invokeReq.params.find(ATTR(data, "id")) != _invokeReq.params.end()) {
 		try {
-			_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), _invokeReq.params.find(ATTR(data, "id"))->second);
+			_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), _invokeReq.params.find(ATTR(data, "id"))->second, data);
 		} catch (Event e) {
 			LOG(ERROR) << "Syntax error when initializing data from parameters:" << std::endl << e << std::endl;
 			receiveInternal(e);
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Node<std::string>& data) {
 	}
 	if (_invokeReq.namelist.find(ATTR(data, "id")) != _invokeReq.namelist.end()) {
 		try {
-			_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), _invokeReq.namelist.find(ATTR(data, "id"))->second);
+			_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), _invokeReq.namelist.find(ATTR(data, "id"))->second, data);
 		} catch (Event e) {
 			LOG(ERROR) << "Syntax error when initializing data from namelist:" << std::endl << e << std::endl;
 			receiveInternal(e);
@@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Node<std::string>& data) {
 			// expression given directly
 			std::string value = ATTR(data, "expr");
 			try {
-				_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), value);
+				_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), value, data);
 			} catch (Event e) {
 				LOG(ERROR) << "Syntax error in data element:" << std::endl << e << std::endl;
 				/// test 277
 				/// todo: if the identifier is invalid we'll raise to error events
 				receiveInternal(e);
-				_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), "undefined");
+				_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), "undefined", data);
 			}
 			return;
 		}
@@ -385,12 +385,12 @@ void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Node<std::string>& data) {
 			Arabica::SAX2DOM::Parser<std::string> parser;
 			if(parser.parse(inputSource) && parser.getDocument()) {
 				try {
-					_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), parser.getDocument());
+					_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), parser.getDocument(), data);
 					return;
 				} catch (Event e) {
 					LOG(ERROR) << "Syntax error in data element:" << std::endl << e << std::endl;
 					receiveInternal(e);
-					_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), "undefined");
+					_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), "undefined", data);
 				}
 				return;
 			}
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Node<std::string>& data) {
 				Document<std::string> dom = domFactory.createDocument(contentChild.getNamespaceURI(), "", 0);
 				Node<std::string> newNode = dom.importNode(contentChild, true);
 				dom.appendChild(newNode);
-				_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), dom);
+				_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), dom, data);
 				return;
 			} else if (contentChild) {
 				// get first child and process below
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Node<std::string>& data) {
 		if (contentToProcess.length() > 0) {
 			/// try to interpret as JSON
 			try {
-				_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), contentToProcess);
+				_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), contentToProcess, data);
 			} catch(Event e) {
 				/// create space normalized string if that failed
 				/// test 558
@@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ void InterpreterImpl::initializeData(const Node<std::string>& data) {
 						seperator = " ";
 					}
 				} while (iss);
-				_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), Data(spaceNormalized.str(), Data::VERBATIM));
+				_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), Data(spaceNormalized.str(), Data::VERBATIM), data);
 			}
 		} else {
-			_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), "undefined");
+			_dataModel.init(ATTR(data, "id"), "undefined", data);
 		}
 
 	} catch (Event e) {
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::send(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& element) {
 			 */
 			sendReq.sendid = ATTR(getParentState(element), "id") + "." + getUUID();
 			if (HAS_ATTR(element, "idlocation") && _dataModel) {
-				_dataModel.assign(ATTR(element, "idlocation"), "'" + sendReq.sendid + "'");
+				_dataModel.assign(ATTR(element, "idlocation"), "'" + sendReq.sendid + "'", Element<std::string>());
 			} else {
 				sendReq.hideSendId = true;
 			}
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::invoke(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& element) {
 			} else {
 				invokeReq.invokeid = ATTR(getParentState(element), "id") + "." + getUUID();
 				if (HAS_ATTR(element, "idlocation") && _dataModel) {
-					_dataModel.assign(ATTR(element, "idlocation"), "'" + invokeReq.invokeid + "'");
+					_dataModel.assign(ATTR(element, "idlocation"), "'" + invokeReq.invokeid + "'", Element<std::string>());
 				}
 			}
 		} catch (Event e) {
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::invoke(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& element) {
 				}
 				if (_dataModel) {
 					try {
-						_dataModel.assign("_invokers['" + invokeReq.invokeid + "']", invoker.getDataModelVariables());
+						_dataModel.assign("_invokers['" + invokeReq.invokeid + "']", invoker.getDataModelVariables(), Element<std::string>());
 					} catch(...) {
 						LOG(ERROR) << "Exception caught while assigning datamodel variables from invoker " << invokeReq.invokeid;
 					}
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ void InterpreterImpl::cancelInvoke(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& elemen
 		LOG(INFO) << "Removed invoker at " << invokeId;
 		if (_dataModel) {
 			try {
-				_dataModel.assign("_invokers['" + invokeId + "']", "''");
+				_dataModel.assign("_invokers['" + invokeId + "']", "''", Element<std::string>());
 			} catch (Event e) {
 				LOG(ERROR) << "Syntax when removing invoker:" << std::endl << e << std::endl;
 			}
@@ -1139,13 +1139,13 @@ void InterpreterImpl::executeContent(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& cont
 							// assign array element to item
 							std::stringstream ss;
 							ss << array << "[" << iteration << "]";
-							_dataModel.assign(item, ss.str());
+							_dataModel.assign(item, ss.str(), Element<std::string>());
 						}
 						if (index.length() > 0) {
 							// assign iteration element to index
 							std::stringstream ss;
 							ss << iteration;
-							_dataModel.assign(index,ss.str());
+							_dataModel.assign(index,ss.str(), Element<std::string>());
 						}
 						if (content.hasChildNodes())
 							// execute content and have exception rethrown to break foreach
@@ -1176,14 +1176,28 @@ void InterpreterImpl::executeContent(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& cont
 		}
 	} else if (boost::iequals(TAGNAME(content), _xmlNSPrefix + "assign")) {
 		// --- ASSIGN --------------------------
-		if (_dataModel && HAS_ATTR(content, "location") && HAS_ATTR(content, "expr")) {
+		if (_dataModel && HAS_ATTR(content, "location")) {
 			try {
 				if (!_dataModel.isDeclared(ATTR(content, "location"))) {
 					// test 286, 331
 					LOG(ERROR) << "Assigning to undeclared location '" << ATTR(content, "location") << "' not allowed." << std::endl;
 					throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
 				} else {
-					_dataModel.assign(ATTR(content, "location"), ATTR(content, "expr"));
+					Data data;
+					Document<std::string> dom;
+					std::string text;
+					processContentElement(content, dom, text, data);
+
+					if (dom) {
+						_dataModel.assign(ATTR(content, "location"), dom, Element<std::string>(content));
+					} else if(data && _dataModel.supportsJSON()) {
+						_dataModel.assign(ATTR(content, "location"), data, Element<std::string>(content));
+					} else if (text.length() > 0) {
+						_dataModel.assign(ATTR(content, "location"), text, Element<std::string>(content));
+					} else {
+						LOG(ERROR) << "Assign element does not specify any content" << std::endl;
+						throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			CATCH_AND_DISTRIBUTE("Syntax error in attributes of assign element:")
diff --git a/src/uscxml/Interpreter.h b/src/uscxml/Interpreter.h
index 141d630..673cba1 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/Interpreter.h
+++ b/src/uscxml/Interpreter.h
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ protected:
 	void init();
 
 	void normalize(Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& scxml);
-	void initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& data);
+	void initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& data);
 	void setupIOProcessors();
 
 	bool _stable;
diff --git a/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft6.cpp b/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft6.cpp
index 3c4a699..dfcc457 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft6.cpp
+++ b/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft6.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void InterpreterDraft6::interpret() {
 	}
 
 	if (_dataModel) {
-		_dataModel.assign("_x.args", _cmdLineOptions);
+		_dataModel.assign("_x.args", _cmdLineOptions, Element<std::string>());
 	}
 
 	setupIOProcessors();
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ void InterpreterDraft6::interpret() {
 		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < dataElems.size(); i++) {
 			// do not process data elements of nested documents from invokers
 			if (!getAncestorElement(dataElems[i], _xmlNSPrefix + "invoke"))
-				initializeData(dataElems[i]);
+				if (dataElems[i].getNodeType() == Node_base::ELEMENT_NODE)
+					initializeData(Element<std::string>(dataElems[i]));
 		}
 	} else if(_dataModel) {
 		// initialize current data elements
 		NodeSet<std::string> topDataElems = filterChildElements(_xmlNSPrefix + "data", filterChildElements(_xmlNSPrefix + "datamodel", _scxml));
 		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < topDataElems.size(); i++) {
-			initializeData(topDataElems[i]);
+			if (topDataElems[i].getNodeType() == Node_base::ELEMENT_NODE)
+				initializeData(Element<std::string>(topDataElems[i]));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -843,7 +845,8 @@ void InterpreterDraft6::enterStates(const Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<std::string>&
 			if(dataModelElems.size() > 0 && _dataModel) {
 				Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<std::string> dataElems = filterChildElements(_xmlNSPrefix + "data", dataModelElems[0]);
 				for (int j = 0; j < dataElems.size(); j++) {
-					initializeData(dataElems[j]);
+					if (dataElems[j].getNodeType() == Node_base::ELEMENT_NODE)
+						initializeData(Element<std::string>(dataElems[j]));
 				}
 			}
 			stateElem.setAttribute("isFirstEntry", "");
diff --git a/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft7.cpp b/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft7.cpp
index 5f07cfc..e02a343 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft7.cpp
+++ b/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft7.cpp
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ void InterpreterDraft7::interpret() {
 	}
 
 	if (_dataModel) {
-		_dataModel.assign("_x.args", _cmdLineOptions);
+		_dataModel.assign("_x.args", _cmdLineOptions, Element<std::string>());
 		if (_httpServlet) {
 			Data data;
 			data.compound["location"] = Data(_httpServlet->getURL(), Data::VERBATIM);
-			_dataModel.assign("_ioprocessors['http']", data);
+			_dataModel.assign("_ioprocessors['http']", data, Element<std::string>());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ void InterpreterDraft7::interpret() {
 		// initialize all data elements
 		NodeSet<std::string> dataElems = _xpath.evaluate("//" + _xpathPrefix + "data", _document).asNodeSet();
 		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < dataElems.size(); i++) {
-			initializeData(dataElems[i]);
+			if (dataElems[i].getNodeType() == Node_base::ELEMENT_NODE)
+				initializeData(Element<std::string>(dataElems[i]));
 		}
 	} else if(_dataModel) {
 		// initialize current data elements
 		NodeSet<std::string> topDataElems = filterChildElements(_xmlNSPrefix + "data", filterChildElements(_xmlNSPrefix + "datamodel", _scxml));
 		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < topDataElems.size(); i++) {
-			initializeData(topDataElems[i]);
+			if (topDataElems[i].getNodeType() == Node_base::ELEMENT_NODE)
+				initializeData(Element<std::string>(topDataElems[i]));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ void InterpreterDraft7::interpret() {
 /**
  * Called with a single data element from the topmost datamodel element.
  */
-void InterpreterDraft7::initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& data) {
+void InterpreterDraft7::initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& data) {
 	if (!_dataModel) {
 		LOG(ERROR) << "Cannot initialize data when no datamodel is given!";
 		return;
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ void InterpreterDraft7::initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& da
 
 		if (HAS_ATTR(data, "expr")) {
 			std::string value = ATTR(data, "expr");
-			_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), value);
+			_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), value, data);
 		} else if (HAS_ATTR(data, "src")) {
 			URL srcURL(ATTR(data, "src"));
 			if (!srcURL.isAbsolute())
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ void InterpreterDraft7::initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& da
 				ss << srcURL;
 				_cachedURLs[srcURL.asString()] = srcURL;
 			}
-			_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), ss.str());
+			_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), ss.str(), data);
 
 		} else if (data.hasChildNodes()) {
 			// search for the text node with the actual script
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ void InterpreterDraft7::initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& da
 			for (int i = 0; i < dataChilds.getLength(); i++) {
 				if (dataChilds.item(i).getNodeType() == Node_base::TEXT_NODE) {
 					Data value = Data(dataChilds.item(i).getNodeValue());
-					_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), value);
+					_dataModel.assign(ATTR(data, "id"), value, data);
 					break;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft7.h b/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft7.h
index 7600041..6763e95 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft7.h
+++ b/src/uscxml/interpreter/InterpreterDraft7.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class InterpreterDraft7 : public InterpreterImpl {
 	        const Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<std::string>& statesToEnter,
 	        const Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<std::string>& statesForDefaultEntry);
 
-	void initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& data);
+	void initializeData(const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& data);
 
 };
 
diff --git a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/ecmascript/v8/V8DataModel.cpp b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/ecmascript/v8/V8DataModel.cpp
index 0146a31..2491fc4 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/ecmascript/v8/V8DataModel.cpp
+++ b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/ecmascript/v8/V8DataModel.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,9 @@ double V8DataModel::evalAsNumber(const std::string& expr) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void V8DataModel::assign(const std::string& location, const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc) {
+void V8DataModel::assign(const std::string& location,
+												 const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+												 const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
 	v8::Locker locker;
 	v8::HandleScope handleScope;
 	v8::Context::Scope contextScope(_contexts.front());
@@ -402,17 +404,21 @@ void V8DataModel::assign(const std::string& location, const Arabica::DOM::Docume
 
 }
 
-void V8DataModel::assign(const std::string& location, const Data& data) {
+void V8DataModel::assign(const std::string& location,
+												 const Data& data,
+												 const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
 	v8::Locker locker;
 	v8::HandleScope handleScope;
 	v8::Context::Scope contextScope(_contexts.front());
 
 	std::stringstream ssJSON;
 	ssJSON << data;
-	assign(location, ssJSON.str());
+	assign(location, ssJSON.str(), dataElem);
 }
 
-void V8DataModel::assign(const std::string& location, const std::string& expr) {
+void V8DataModel::assign(const std::string& location,
+												 const std::string& expr,
+												 const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
 	v8::Locker locker;
 	v8::HandleScope handleScope;
 	v8::Context::Scope contextScope(_contexts.back());
diff --git a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/ecmascript/v8/V8DataModel.h b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/ecmascript/v8/V8DataModel.h
index 760b638..7bea50c 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/ecmascript/v8/V8DataModel.h
+++ b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/ecmascript/v8/V8DataModel.h
@@ -39,10 +39,34 @@ public:
 	virtual void pushContext();
 	virtual void popContext();
 
+	virtual bool supportsJSON() { return true; }
+
 	virtual void eval(const std::string& expr);
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc);
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const std::string& expr);
-	virtual void assign(const std::string& location, const Data& data);
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const std::string& expr,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Data& data,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+		assign(location, doc, dataElem);
+	};
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const std::string& expr,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+		assign(location, expr, dataElem);
+	}
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Data& data,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+		assign(location, data, dataElem);
+	}
 
 	virtual Data getStringAsData(const std::string& content);
 	virtual Data getValueAsData(const v8::Handle<v8::Value>& value);
diff --git a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/NULLDataModel.cpp b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/NULLDataModel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69970dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/NULLDataModel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#include "uscxml/Common.h"
+#include "NULLDataModel.h"
+
+#include "uscxml/Message.h"
+#include <glog/logging.h>
+
+#ifdef BUILD_AS_PLUGINS
+#include <Pluma/Connector.hpp>
+#endif
+
+namespace uscxml {
+
+#ifdef BUILD_AS_PLUGINS
+PLUMA_CONNECTOR
+bool connect(pluma::Host& host) {
+	host.add( new NULLDataModelProvider() );
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
+NULLDataModel::NULLDataModel() {
+}
+
+boost::shared_ptr<DataModelImpl> NULLDataModel::create(InterpreterImpl* interpreter) {
+	boost::shared_ptr<NULLDataModel> dm = boost::shared_ptr<NULLDataModel>(new NULLDataModel());
+	dm->_interpreter = interpreter;
+	return dm;
+}
+
+NULLDataModel::~NULLDataModel() {
+}
+
+void NULLDataModel::pushContext() {
+}
+
+void NULLDataModel::popContext() {
+}
+
+void NULLDataModel::initialize() {
+}
+
+void NULLDataModel::setEvent(const Event& event) {
+}
+
+Data NULLDataModel::getStringAsData(const std::string& content) {
+	Data data;
+	return data;
+}
+
+bool NULLDataModel::validate(const std::string& location, const std::string& schema) {
+	return true;
+}
+
+uint32_t NULLDataModel::getLength(const std::string& expr) {
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void NULLDataModel::eval(const std::string& expr) {
+}
+
+bool NULLDataModel::isDeclared(const std::string& expr) {
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The boolean expression language consists of the In predicate only. It has the 
+ * form 'In(id)', where id is the id of a state in the enclosing state machine. 
+ * The predicate must return 'true' if and only if that state is in the current 
+ * state configuration.
+ */
+bool NULLDataModel::evalAsBool(const std::string& expr) {
+	std::string trimmedExpr = expr;
+	boost::trim(trimmedExpr);
+	if (!boost::istarts_with(trimmedExpr, "in"))
+		return false;
+	
+	// find string in between brackets
+	size_t start = trimmedExpr.find_first_of("(");
+	size_t end = trimmedExpr.find_last_of(")");
+	if (start == std::string::npos || end == std::string::npos || start >= end)
+		return false;
+	start++;
+	
+	// split at comma
+	std::stringstream ss(trimmedExpr.substr(start, end - start));
+	std::vector<std::string> stateExprs;
+	std::string item;
+	while(std::getline(ss, item, ',')) {
+		stateExprs.push_back(item);
+	}
+	
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < stateExprs.size(); i++) {
+		// remove ticks
+		size_t start = stateExprs[i].find_first_of("'");
+		size_t end = stateExprs[i].find_last_of("'");
+
+		std::string stateName;
+		if (start != std::string::npos && end != std::string::npos && start < end) {
+			start++;
+			stateName = stateExprs[i].substr(start, end - start);
+		} else {
+			stateName = stateExprs[i];
+		}
+		
+		if (Interpreter::isMember(_interpreter->getState(stateName), _interpreter->getConfiguration())) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+std::string NULLDataModel::evalAsString(const std::string& expr) {
+	return expr;
+}
+
+double NULLDataModel::evalAsNumber(const std::string& expr) {
+	return 0;
+}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/NULLDataModel.h b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/NULLDataModel.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaa9dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/null/NULLDataModel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#ifndef NULLDATAMODEL_H_KN8TWG0V
+#define NULLDATAMODEL_H_KN8TWG0V
+
+#include "uscxml/Interpreter.h"
+#include <list>
+
+#ifdef BUILD_AS_PLUGINS
+#include "uscxml/plugins/Plugins.h"
+#endif
+
+namespace uscxml {
+class Event;
+class Data;
+}
+
+namespace uscxml {
+
+class NULLDataModel : public DataModelImpl {
+public:
+	NULLDataModel();
+	virtual ~NULLDataModel();
+	virtual boost::shared_ptr<DataModelImpl> create(InterpreterImpl* interpreter);
+
+	virtual std::set<std::string> getNames() {
+		std::set<std::string> names;
+		names.insert("null");
+		return names;
+	}
+
+	virtual void initialize();
+	virtual void setEvent(const Event& event);
+
+	virtual bool validate(const std::string& location, const std::string& schema);
+
+	virtual uint32_t getLength(const std::string& expr);
+	virtual void pushContext();
+	virtual void popContext();
+
+	virtual void eval(const std::string& expr);
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {}
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const std::string& expr,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {}
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Data& data,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {}
+	
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {};
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const std::string& expr,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {};
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Data& data,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {};
+
+	virtual Data getStringAsData(const std::string& content);
+	virtual bool isDeclared(const std::string& expr);
+
+	virtual std::string evalAsString(const std::string& expr);
+	virtual bool evalAsBool(const std::string& expr);
+	virtual double evalAsNumber(const std::string& expr);
+
+protected:
+
+};
+
+#ifdef BUILD_AS_PLUGINS
+PLUMA_INHERIT_PROVIDER(NULLDataModel, DataModelImpl);
+#endif
+
+}
+
+#endif /* end of include guard: NULLDATAMODEL_H_KN8TWG0V */
diff --git a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/XPathDataModel.cpp b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/XPathDataModel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f874c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/XPathDataModel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,470 @@
+#include "uscxml/Common.h"
+#include "XPathDataModel.h"
+
+#include "uscxml/Message.h"
+#include <glog/logging.h>
+
+#ifdef BUILD_AS_PLUGINS
+#include <Pluma/Connector.hpp>
+#endif
+
+namespace uscxml {
+
+using namespace Arabica::XPath;
+using namespace Arabica::DOM;
+
+#ifdef BUILD_AS_PLUGINS
+PLUMA_CONNECTOR
+bool connect(pluma::Host& host) {
+	host.add( new XPathDataModelProvider() );
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
+XPathDataModel::XPathDataModel() {
+}
+
+boost::shared_ptr<DataModelImpl> XPathDataModel::create(InterpreterImpl* interpreter) {
+	boost::shared_ptr<XPathDataModel> dm = boost::shared_ptr<XPathDataModel>(new XPathDataModel());
+	dm->_interpreter = interpreter;
+//	dm->_xpath.setVariableResolver(_varResolver);
+//	dm->_xpath->setVariableCompileTimeResolver(_varCTResolver);
+//	dm->_xpath->setNamespaceContext(interpreter->getNSContext());
+
+	dm->_funcResolver.setInterpreter(interpreter);
+	dm->_xpath.setFunctionResolver(dm->_funcResolver);
+	dm->_xpath.setVariableResolver(dm->_varResolver);
+
+	dm->_domFactory = Arabica::SimpleDOM::DOMImplementation<std::string>::getDOMImplementation();
+	dm->_doc = dm->_domFactory.createDocument("http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml", "", 0);
+	dm->_datamodel = dm->_doc.createElement("datamodel");
+	dm->_doc.appendChild(dm->_datamodel);
+	
+	Element<std::string> ioProcElem = dm->_doc.createElement("data");
+	ioProcElem.setAttribute("id", "_ioprocessors");
+	std::map<std::string, IOProcessor>::const_iterator ioProcIter = interpreter->getIOProcessors().begin();
+	while(ioProcIter != interpreter->getIOProcessors().end()) {
+		Element<std::string> ioProc = dm->_doc.createElement("processor");
+		ioProc.setAttribute("name", ioProcIter->first);
+		
+		Data ioProcData = ioProcIter->second.getDataModelVariables();
+		Element<std::string> ioProcLoc = dm->_doc.createElement("location");
+		Text<std::string> ioProcLocText = dm->_doc.createTextNode(ioProcData.compound["location"].atom);
+		ioProcLoc.appendChild(ioProcLocText);
+		ioProc.appendChild(ioProcLoc);
+		ioProcElem.appendChild(ioProc);
+		
+		ioProcIter++;
+	}
+	dm->_datamodel.appendChild(ioProcElem);
+
+	NodeSet<std::string> ioProcNodeSet;
+	ioProcNodeSet.push_back(ioProcElem);
+	dm->_varResolver.setVariable("_ioprocessors", ioProcNodeSet);
+	
+	
+	Element<std::string> sessIdElem = dm->_doc.createElement("data");
+	sessIdElem.setAttribute("id", "_sessionid");
+	Text<std::string> sessIdText = dm->_doc.createTextNode(interpreter->getSessionId());
+	sessIdElem.appendChild(sessIdText);
+	dm->_datamodel.appendChild(sessIdElem);
+
+	NodeSet<std::string> sessIdNodeSet;
+	sessIdNodeSet.push_back(sessIdElem);
+	dm->_varResolver.setVariable("_sessionid", sessIdNodeSet);
+
+	
+	Element<std::string> nameElem = dm->_doc.createElement("data");
+	nameElem.setAttribute("id", "_name");
+	Text<std::string> nameText = dm->_doc.createTextNode(interpreter->getName());
+	nameElem.appendChild(nameText);
+	dm->_datamodel.appendChild(nameElem);
+	
+	NodeSet<std::string> nameNodeSet;
+	nameNodeSet.push_back(nameElem);
+	dm->_varResolver.setVariable("_name", nameNodeSet);
+
+	return dm;
+}
+
+XPathDataModel::~XPathDataModel() {
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::pushContext() {
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::popContext() {
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::initialize() {
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::setEvent(const Event& event) {
+	Element<std::string> eventElem = _doc.createElement("data");
+	eventElem.setAttribute("id", "_event");
+
+	Element<std::string> eventDataElem = _doc.createElement("data");
+	
+	NodeSet<std::string> eventNodeSet;
+	if (event.params.size() > 0) {
+		std::multimap<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator paramIter = event.params.begin();
+		while(paramIter != event.params.end()) {
+			Element<std::string> eventParamElem = _doc.createElement("data");
+			Text<std::string> eventParamText = _doc.createTextNode(paramIter->second);
+
+			eventParamElem.setAttribute("id", paramIter->first);
+			eventParamElem.appendChild(eventParamText);
+			eventDataElem.appendChild(eventParamElem);
+			paramIter++;
+		}
+	}
+	if (event.namelist.size() > 0) {
+		std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator namelistIter = event.namelist.begin();
+		while(namelistIter != event.namelist.end()) {
+			Element<std::string> eventNamelistElem = _doc.createElement("data");
+			Text<std::string> eventNamelistText = _doc.createTextNode(namelistIter->second);
+
+			eventNamelistElem.setAttribute("id", namelistIter->first);
+			eventNamelistElem.appendChild(eventNamelistText);
+			eventDataElem.appendChild(eventNamelistElem);
+			namelistIter++;
+		}
+	}
+	if (event.content.size() > 0) {
+		eventDataElem.setNodeValue(event.content);
+	}
+	
+	eventElem.appendChild(eventDataElem);
+	eventNodeSet.push_back(eventElem);
+	
+//	std::cout << eventElem << std::endl;
+	
+	// do we need to replace an existing event?
+	Node<std::string> oldEventElem = _datamodel.getFirstChild();
+	while(oldEventElem) {
+		if (oldEventElem.getNodeType() == Node_base::ELEMENT_NODE) {
+			if (HAS_ATTR(oldEventElem, "id") && boost::iequals(ATTR(oldEventElem, "id"), "_event"))
+				break;
+		}
+		oldEventElem = oldEventElem.getNextSibling();
+	}
+	
+	if (oldEventElem) {
+		_datamodel.replaceChild(eventElem, oldEventElem);
+	} else {
+		_datamodel.appendChild(eventElem);
+	}
+	_varResolver.setVariable("_event", eventNodeSet);
+}
+
+Data XPathDataModel::getStringAsData(const std::string& content) {
+	Data data;
+	return data;
+}
+
+bool XPathDataModel::validate(const std::string& location, const std::string& schema) {
+	return true;
+}
+
+uint32_t XPathDataModel::getLength(const std::string& expr) {
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::eval(const std::string& expr) {
+	XPathValue<std::string> result = _xpath.evaluate_expr(expr, _doc);
+}
+
+bool XPathDataModel::isDeclared(const std::string& expr) {
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool XPathDataModel::evalAsBool(const std::string& expr) {
+	XPathValue<std::string> result = _xpath.evaluate_expr(expr, _doc);
+	return result.asBool();
+}
+
+std::string XPathDataModel::evalAsString(const std::string& expr) {
+	XPathValue<std::string> result = _xpath.evaluate_expr(expr, _doc);
+	return result.asString();
+}
+
+double XPathDataModel::evalAsNumber(const std::string& expr) {
+	XPathValue<std::string> result = _xpath.evaluate_expr(expr, _doc);
+	return result.asNumber();
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::assign(const std::string& location,
+														const Document<std::string>& doc,
+														const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+	XPathValue<std::string> key = _xpath.evaluate_expr(location, _doc);
+	NodeSet<std::string> nodeSet;
+	nodeSet.push_back(doc.getDocumentElement());
+	assign(key, nodeSet, dataElem);
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::assign(const std::string& location,
+														const Data& data,
+														const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+//	assert(false);
+//	std::cout << location << " = " << data << std::endl;
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::assign(const std::string& location,
+														const std::string& expr,
+														const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+	std::string realExpr = (HAS_ATTR(dataElem, "expr") ? ATTR(dataElem, "expr") : expr);
+	XPathValue<std::string> key = _xpath.evaluate_expr(location, _doc);
+	XPathValue<std::string> value = _xpath.evaluate_expr(realExpr, _doc);
+	assign(key, value, dataElem);
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::init(const std::string& location,
+													const Document<std::string>& doc,
+													const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+	Element<std::string> container = _doc.createElement("data");
+	container.setAttribute("id", location);
+	Element<std::string> data = doc.getDocumentElement();
+	if (data.hasChildNodes()) {
+		Node<std::string> dataClone = _doc.importNode(data, true);
+		container.appendChild(dataClone);
+	}
+	_datamodel.appendChild(container);
+	
+	// put data element into nodeset and bind to xpath variable
+	NodeSet<std::string> nodeSet;
+	nodeSet.push_back(container);
+	_varResolver.setVariable(location, nodeSet);
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::init(const std::string& location,
+													const std::string& expr,
+													const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+	Element<std::string> data = _doc.createElement("data");
+	data.setAttribute("id", location);
+	
+	if (expr.length() > 0) {
+		Text<std::string> textNode = _doc.createTextNode(expr.c_str());
+		data.appendChild(textNode);
+		_datamodel.appendChild(data);
+	}
+
+	// put data element into nodeset and bind to xpath variable
+	NodeSet<std::string> nodeSet;
+	nodeSet.push_back(data);
+	_varResolver.setVariable(location, nodeSet);
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::init(const std::string& location,
+													const Data& data,
+													const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem) {
+	assert(false);
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::assign(XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+														const XPathValue<std::string>& value,
+														const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {
+	switch (value.type()) {
+		case STRING:
+			assign(key, value.asString(), assignElem);
+			break;
+		case BOOL:
+			assign(key, value.asBool(), assignElem);
+			break;
+		case NUMBER:
+			assign(key, value.asNumber(), assignElem);
+			break;
+		case NODE_SET:
+			assign(key, value.asNodeSet(), assignElem);
+			break;
+		case ANY:
+			throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+	}
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::assign(XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+														const std::string& value,
+														const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {
+	switch (key.type()) {
+		case NODE_SET: {
+			if (key.asNodeSet().size() == 0)
+				return;
+			Node<std::string> node = key.asNodeSet()[0];
+			switch (node.getNodeType()) {
+				case Node_base::ATTRIBUTE_NODE: {
+					Attr<std::string> attr(node);
+					attr.setValue(value);
+					break;
+				}
+				case Node_base::TEXT_NODE: {
+					Text<std::string> text(node);
+					text.setNodeValue(value);
+					break;
+				}
+				case Node_base::ELEMENT_NODE: {
+					Element<std::string> element(node);
+					if (HAS_ATTR(assignElem, "type") && boost::iequals(ATTR(assignElem, "type"), "addattribute")) {
+						// addattribute: Add an attribute with the name specified by 'attr'
+						// and value specified by 'expr' to the node specified by 'location'.
+						if (!HAS_ATTR(assignElem, "attr"))
+							throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+						element.setAttribute(ATTR(assignElem, "attr"), value);
+					}
+					break;
+				}
+				default:
+					throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+					break;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+		case STRING:
+		case BOOL:
+		case NUMBER:
+		case ANY:
+			throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+	}
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::assign(XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+														const double value,
+														const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::assign(XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+														const bool value,
+														const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {
+}
+
+void XPathDataModel::assign(XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+														const NodeSet<std::string>& value,
+														const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem) {
+	switch (key.type()) {
+		case NODE_SET: {
+			if (key.asNodeSet().size() == 0)
+				return;
+			Node<std::string> node = key.asNodeSet()[0];
+			switch (node.getNodeType()) {
+				case Node_base::ELEMENT_NODE: {
+					Element<std::string> element(node);
+					if (false) {
+					} else if (HAS_ATTR(assignElem, "type") && boost::iequals(ATTR(assignElem, "type"), "firstchild")) {
+						// firstchild: Insert the value specified by 'expr' before all of the children at 'location'.
+						for (int i = value.size(); i; i--) {
+							Node<std::string> importedNode = _doc.importNode(value[i-1], true);
+							element.insertBefore(importedNode, element.getFirstChild());
+						}
+					} else if (HAS_ATTR(assignElem, "type") && boost::iequals(ATTR(assignElem, "type"), "lastchild")) {
+						// lastchild: Insert the value specified by 'expr' after all of the children at 'location'.
+						for (int i = 0; i < value.size(); i++) {
+							Node<std::string> importedNode = _doc.importNode(value[i], true);
+							element.appendChild(importedNode);
+						}
+					} else if (HAS_ATTR(assignElem, "type") && boost::iequals(ATTR(assignElem, "type"), "previoussibling")) {
+						// previoussibling: Insert the value specified by 'expr' before the
+						// node specified by 'location', keeping the same parent.
+						Node<std::string> parent = element.getParentNode();
+						if (!parent)
+							throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+						for (int i = 0; i < value.size(); i++) {
+							Node<std::string> importedNode = _doc.importNode(value[i], true);
+							parent.insertBefore(importedNode, element);
+						}
+					} else if (HAS_ATTR(assignElem, "type") && boost::iequals(ATTR(assignElem, "type"), "nextsibling")) {
+						// nextsibling: Insert the value specified by 'expr' after the node
+						// specified by 'location', keeping the same parent.
+						Node<std::string> parent = element.getParentNode();
+						if (!parent)
+							throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+						for (int i = value.size(); i; i--) {
+							Node<std::string> importedNode = _doc.importNode(value[i-1], true);
+							Node<std::string> nextSibling = element.getNextSibling();
+							if (nextSibling) {
+								parent.insertBefore(importedNode, element.getNextSibling());
+							} else {
+								parent.appendChild(importedNode);
+							}
+						}
+					} else if (HAS_ATTR(assignElem, "type") && boost::iequals(ATTR(assignElem, "type"), "replace")) {
+						// replace: Replace the node specified by 'location' by the value specified by 'expr'.
+						Node<std::string> parent = element.getParentNode();
+						if (!parent)
+							throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+						if (value.size() != 1)
+							throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+						Node<std::string> importedNode = _doc.importNode(value[0], true);
+						parent.replaceChild(importedNode, element);
+					} else if (HAS_ATTR(assignElem, "type") && boost::iequals(ATTR(assignElem, "type"), "delete")) {
+						// delete: Delete the node specified by 'location'. ('expr' is ignored.).
+						Node<std::string> parent = element.getParentNode();
+						if (!parent)
+							throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+						parent.removeChild(element);
+					} else {
+						// replacechildren: Replace all the children at 'location' with the value specified by 'expr'.
+						while(element.hasChildNodes())
+							element.removeChild(element.getChildNodes().item(0));
+						for (int i = 0; i < value.size(); i++) {
+							Node<std::string> importedNode = _doc.importNode(value[i], true);
+							element.appendChild(importedNode);
+						}
+					}
+					break;
+				}
+				default:
+					throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+					break;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+		case STRING:
+		case BOOL:
+		case NUMBER:
+		case ANY:
+			throw Event("error.execution", Event::PLATFORM);
+			break;
+	}
+}
+
+XPathValue<std::string>
+	NodeSetVariableResolver::resolveVariable(const std::string& namepaceUri,
+																					 const std::string& name) const {
+	std::map<std::string, NodeSet<std::string> >::const_iterator n = _variables.find(name);
+	if(n == _variables.end()) {
+		throw Event("error.execution");
+	}
+	return XPathValue<std::string>(new NodeSetValue<std::string>(n->second));
+}
+
+XPathFunction<std::string>*
+	XPathFunctionResolver::resolveFunction(const std::string& namespace_uri,
+																				 const std::string& name,
+																				 const std::vector<XPathExpression<std::string> >& argExprs) const {
+	if (boost::iequals(name, "in")) {
+		return new XPathFunctionIn(1, -1, argExprs, _interpreter);
+	}
+	return _xpathFuncRes.resolveFunction(namespace_uri, name, argExprs);
+}
+	
+std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> > XPathFunctionResolver::validNames() const {
+	std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> > names = _xpathFuncRes.validNames();
+	names.push_back(std::make_pair("", "In"));
+	return names;
+}
+
+bool XPathFunctionIn::doEvaluate(const Node<std::string>& context,
+																 const ExecutionContext<std::string>& executionContext) const {
+	for (int i = 0; i < argCount(); i++) {
+		XPathValue<std::string> stateName = arg(i, context, executionContext);
+		if (stateName.type() == STRING) {
+			if (!Interpreter::isMember(_interpreter->getState(stateName.asString()), _interpreter->getConfiguration())) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/XPathDataModel.h b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/XPathDataModel.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d028129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/xpath/XPathDataModel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#ifndef XPATHDATAMODEL_H_KN8TWG0V
+#define XPATHDATAMODEL_H_KN8TWG0V
+
+#include "uscxml/Interpreter.h"
+#include <list>
+
+#ifdef BUILD_AS_PLUGINS
+#include "uscxml/plugins/Plugins.h"
+#endif
+
+namespace uscxml {
+class Event;
+class Data;
+}
+
+namespace uscxml {
+
+class XPathFunctionIn : public Arabica::XPath::BooleanXPathFunction<std::string> {
+public:
+	XPathFunctionIn(int minArgs,
+									int maxArgs,
+									const std::vector<Arabica::XPath::XPathExpression<std::string> >& args,
+									InterpreterImpl* interpreter) :
+		BooleanXPathFunction(minArgs, maxArgs, args),
+		_interpreter(interpreter) {}
+
+protected:
+	bool doEvaluate(const Arabica::DOM::Node<std::string>& context,
+									const Arabica::XPath::ExecutionContext<std::string>& executionContext) const;
+	InterpreterImpl* _interpreter;
+};
+
+class XPathFunctionResolver : public Arabica::XPath::FunctionResolver<std::string> {
+public:
+	virtual ~XPathFunctionResolver() { }
+	
+  virtual Arabica::XPath::XPathFunction<std::string>*
+		resolveFunction(const std::string& namespace_uri,
+										const std::string& name,
+										const std::vector<Arabica::XPath::XPathExpression<std::string> >& argExprs) const;
+	
+  virtual std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> > validNames() const;
+	void setInterpreter(InterpreterImpl* interpreter) { _interpreter = interpreter; }
+protected:
+	Arabica::XPath::StandardXPathFunctionResolver<std::string> _xpathFuncRes;
+	InterpreterImpl* _interpreter;
+};
+	
+class NodeSetVariableResolver : public Arabica::XPath::VariableResolver<std::string> {
+public:
+	Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<std::string> resolveVariable(const std::string& namepaceUri,
+																													const std::string& name) const;
+	void setVariable(const std::string& name, const Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<std::string>& value) {
+		_variables[name] = value;
+	}
+	
+private:
+	std::map<std::string, Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<std::string> > _variables;
+};
+
+class XPathDataModel : public DataModelImpl {
+public:
+	XPathDataModel();
+	virtual ~XPathDataModel();
+	virtual boost::shared_ptr<DataModelImpl> create(InterpreterImpl* interpreter);
+
+	virtual std::set<std::string> getNames() {
+		std::set<std::string> names;
+		names.insert("xpath");
+		return names;
+	}
+
+	virtual void initialize();
+	virtual void setEvent(const Event& event);
+
+	virtual bool validate(const std::string& location, const std::string& schema);
+
+	virtual uint32_t getLength(const std::string& expr);
+	virtual void pushContext();
+	virtual void popContext();
+
+	virtual void eval(const std::string& expr);
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const std::string& expr,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	virtual void assign(const std::string& location,
+											const Data& data,
+											const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string>& doc,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem);
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const std::string& expr,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem);
+	virtual void init(const std::string& location,
+										const Data& data,
+										const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& dataElem);
+
+	virtual Data getStringAsData(const std::string& content);
+	virtual bool isDeclared(const std::string& expr);
+
+	virtual std::string evalAsString(const std::string& expr);
+	virtual bool evalAsBool(const std::string& expr);
+	virtual double evalAsNumber(const std::string& expr);
+
+protected:
+	Arabica::XPath::XPath<std::string> _xpath;
+	Arabica::DOM::DOMImplementation<std::string> _domFactory;
+	Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string> _datamodel;
+	Arabica::DOM::Document<std::string> _doc;
+
+	void assign(Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+							const Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<std::string>& value,
+							const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	void assign(Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+							const std::string& value,
+							const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	void assign(Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+							const double value,
+							const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	void assign(Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+							const bool value,
+							const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	void assign(Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<std::string>& key,
+							const Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<std::string>& value,
+							const Arabica::DOM::Element<std::string>& assignElem);
+	
+	NodeSetVariableResolver _varResolver;
+	XPathFunctionResolver _funcResolver;
+
+};
+
+#ifdef BUILD_AS_PLUGINS
+PLUMA_INHERIT_PROVIDER(XPathDataModel, DataModelImpl);
+#endif
+
+}
+
+#endif /* end of include guard: XPATHDATAMODEL_H_KN8TWG0V */
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index d7c305e..a9ec9f1 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
 	target_link_libraries(test-arabica-events uscxml)
 	add_test(test-arabica-events ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/test-arabica-events ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test/samples/uscxml/arabica/test-arabica-events.xml)
 	set_target_properties(test-arabica-events PROPERTIES FOLDER "Tests")
+
+	add_executable(test-arabica-xpath src/test-arabica-xpath.cpp)
+	target_link_libraries(test-arabica-xpath uscxml)
+	add_test(test-arabica-xpath ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/test-arabica-xpath)
+	set_target_properties(test-arabica-xpath PROPERTIES FOLDER "Tests")
+
 endif()
 
 add_executable(test-url src/test-url.cpp)
diff --git a/test/samples/w3c/ecma/test463.scxml b/test/samples/w3c/ecma/test463.scxml
index 4f32b84..8ff0555 100644
--- a/test/samples/w3c/ecma/test463.scxml
+++ b/test/samples/w3c/ecma/test463.scxml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- test that the <data> tag creates an element in the XML datamodel with the correct name and id attr
 and binds an XPath variable to it --><scxml xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml" xmlns:conf="http://www.w3.org/2005/scxml-conformance" initial="s0" version="1.0" datamodel="xpath">
 <datamodel>
-  <data id="foo" expr="2"/>
+  <data id="foo" expr="20"/>
   </datamodel>
   
 <state id="s0">
diff --git a/test/src/test-arabica-xpath.cpp b/test/src/test-arabica-xpath.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bcf605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/test-arabica-xpath.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+#include <XPath/XPath.hpp>
+#include <DOM/Simple/DOMImplementation.hpp>
+#include <DOM/io/Stream.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#define string_type std::string
+#define string_adaptor Arabica::default_string_adaptor<std::string>
+
+typedef string_adaptor SA;
+
+class NodeSetVariableResolver : public Arabica::XPath::VariableResolver<string_type, string_adaptor>
+{
+  //typedef string_adaptorstring_adaptor;
+public:
+  virtual Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor> resolveVariable(const string_type& /* namepace_uri */,
+																																									const string_type& name) const
+  {
+    using namespace Arabica::XPath;
+    typename VarMap::const_iterator n = map_.find(name);
+    if(n == map_.end())
+      throw UnboundVariableException(string_adaptor::asStdString(name));
+    return XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor>(new NodeSetValue<string_type, string_adaptor>((*n).second));
+  } // resolveVariable
+	
+  void setVariable(const string_type& name, const Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<string_type, string_adaptor>& value)
+  {
+    map_[name] = value;
+  } // setVariable
+	
+private:
+  typedef std::map<string_type, Arabica::XPath::NodeSet<string_type, string_adaptor> > VarMap;
+  VarMap map_;
+}; // class NodeSetVariableResolver
+
+Arabica::XPath::XPath<string_type, string_adaptor> parser;
+Arabica::DOM::DOMImplementation<string_type, string_adaptor> factory_;
+Arabica::DOM::Document<string_type, string_adaptor> document_;
+
+Arabica::DOM::Element<string_type, string_adaptor> root_;
+Arabica::DOM::Element<string_type, string_adaptor> element1_;
+Arabica::DOM::Element<string_type, string_adaptor> element2_;
+Arabica::DOM::Element<string_type, string_adaptor> element3_;
+Arabica::DOM::Element<string_type, string_adaptor> spinkle_;
+
+Arabica::DOM::Attr<string_type, string_adaptor> attr_;
+Arabica::DOM::Text<string_type, string_adaptor> text_;
+Arabica::DOM::Comment<string_type, string_adaptor> comment_;
+Arabica::DOM::ProcessingInstruction<string_type, string_adaptor> processingInstruction_;
+Arabica::DOM::Document<string_type, string_adaptor> chapters_;
+Arabica::DOM::Document<string_type, string_adaptor> numbers_;
+
+class StringVariableResolver : public Arabica::XPath::VariableResolver<string_type, string_adaptor>
+{
+public:
+  virtual Arabica::XPath::XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor> resolveVariable(const string_type& /* namespace_uri */,
+																																									const string_type& name) const
+  {
+    using namespace Arabica::XPath;
+    typename VarMap::const_iterator n = map_.find(name);
+    if(n == map_.end())
+      throw UnboundVariableException(string_adaptor::asStdString(name));
+    return XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor>(new StringValue<string_type, string_adaptor>((*n).second));
+  } // resolveVariable
+	
+  void setVariable(const string_type& name, const string_type& value)
+  {
+    map_[name] = value;
+  } // setVariable
+	
+private:
+  typedef std::map<string_type, string_type> VarMap;
+  VarMap map_;
+}; // StringVariableResolver
+
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+	
+	factory_ = Arabica::SimpleDOM::DOMImplementation<string_type, string_adaptor>::getDOMImplementation();
+	document_ = factory_.createDocument(SA::construct_from_utf8(""), SA::construct_from_utf8(""), 0);
+	root_ = document_.createElement("root");
+	document_.appendChild(root_);
+	assert(root_);
+	
+	element1_ = document_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("child1"));
+	element2_ = document_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("child2"));
+	element3_ = document_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("child3"));
+	
+	element1_.setAttribute(SA::construct_from_utf8("one"), SA::construct_from_utf8("1"));
+	
+	element2_.setAttribute(SA::construct_from_utf8("one"), SA::construct_from_utf8("1"));
+	element2_.setAttribute(SA::construct_from_utf8("two"), SA::construct_from_utf8("1"));
+	element2_.setAttribute(SA::construct_from_utf8("three"), SA::construct_from_utf8("1"));
+	element2_.setAttribute(SA::construct_from_utf8("four"), SA::construct_from_utf8("1"));
+	
+	text_ = document_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("data"));
+	comment_ = document_.createComment(SA::construct_from_utf8("comment"));
+	processingInstruction_ = document_.createProcessingInstruction(SA::construct_from_utf8("target"), SA::construct_from_utf8("data"));
+	element2_.appendChild(text_);
+	spinkle_ = document_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("spinkle"));
+	element2_.appendChild(spinkle_);
+	element2_.appendChild(comment_);
+	element2_.appendChild(processingInstruction_);
+	
+	attr_ = element1_.getAttributeNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("one"));
+	
+	root_.appendChild(element1_);
+	root_.appendChild(element2_);
+	root_.appendChild(element3_);
+	
+	chapters_ = factory_.createDocument(SA::construct_from_utf8(""), SA::construct_from_utf8(""), 0);
+	chapters_.appendChild(chapters_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("document")));
+	chapters_.getFirstChild().appendChild(chapters_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("chapter"))).appendChild(chapters_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("one")));
+	chapters_.getFirstChild().appendChild(chapters_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("chapter"))).appendChild(chapters_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("two")));
+	chapters_.getFirstChild().appendChild(chapters_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("chapter"))).appendChild(chapters_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("three")));
+	chapters_.getFirstChild().appendChild(chapters_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("chapter"))).appendChild(chapters_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("four")));
+	chapters_.getFirstChild().appendChild(chapters_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("chapter"))).appendChild(chapters_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("five")));
+	
+	numbers_ = factory_.createDocument(SA::construct_from_utf8(""), SA::construct_from_utf8(""), 0);
+	numbers_.appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("doc")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("1")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("2")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("3")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("4")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("5")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("6")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("7")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("8")));
+	numbers_.getFirstChild().appendChild(numbers_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("number"))).appendChild(numbers_.createTextNode(SA::construct_from_utf8("9")));
+	std::cout << document_ << std::endl;
+	std::cout << numbers_ << std::endl;
+	std::cout << chapters_ << std::endl;
+
+	
+	if (false) {
+    using namespace Arabica::XPath;
+    StringVariableResolver svr;
+    svr.setVariable(SA::construct_from_utf8("index"), SA::construct_from_utf8("1"));
+		
+    parser.setVariableResolver(svr);
+    XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor> result = parser.evaluate(SA::construct_from_utf8("/root/*[@two = $index]"), document_);
+    assert(NODE_SET == result.type());
+    assert(element2_ == result.asNodeSet()[0]);
+		
+    parser.resetVariableResolver();
+  } // test18
+
+	if (false) {
+    using namespace Arabica::XPath;
+    XPathExpression<string_type, string_adaptor> xpath = parser.compile(SA::construct_from_utf8("root/*[position() = 2]"));
+    XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor> result = xpath.evaluate(document_);
+		
+    assert(NODE_SET == result.type());
+    assert(1 == result.asNodeSet().size());
+    Arabica::DOM::Node<string_type, string_adaptor> n = result.asNodeSet()[0];
+    assert(element2_ == n);
+  } // test19
+
+	if (false) {
+    using namespace Arabica::XPath;
+    Arabica::DOM::DocumentFragment<string_type, string_adaptor> frag = document_.createDocumentFragment();
+    frag.appendChild(document_.createElement(SA::construct_from_utf8("foo")));
+		
+    NodeSetVariableResolver svr;
+    NodeSet<string_type, string_adaptor> ns;
+    ns.push_back(frag);
+    svr.setVariable(SA::construct_from_utf8("fruit"), ns);
+    parser.setVariableResolver(svr);
+		
+    XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor> result = parser.evaluate_expr(SA::construct_from_utf8("$fruit/foo|/root/child3"), document_);
+    assert(NODE_SET == result.type());
+    assert(2 == result.asNodeSet().size());
+    assert(element3_ == result.asNodeSet()[0]);
+  } // testUnion11
+
+	if (false) {
+    using namespace Arabica::XPath;
+    XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor> result = parser.evaluate_expr(SA::construct_from_utf8("local-name(/root)"), document_);
+    assert(STRING == result.type());
+    assert(SA::construct_from_utf8("root") == result.asString());
+  } // testLocalNameFn1
+
+	{
+    using namespace Arabica::XPath;
+    Arabica::DOM::DocumentFragment<std::string> frag = document_.createDocumentFragment();
+    frag.appendChild(document_.createElement("foo"));
+		
+    NodeSetVariableResolver svr;
+    NodeSet<string_type, string_adaptor> ns;
+    ns.push_back(frag);
+    svr.setVariable("fruit", ns);
+    parser.setVariableResolver(svr);
+		
+    XPathValue<string_type, string_adaptor> result = parser.evaluate(SA::construct_from_utf8("local-name($fruit/foo) = 'foo'"), document_);
+		std::cout << result.asBool() << std::endl;
+  }
+
+}
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