R-Programs: A Framework for Distributing XML Structural Joins across Function Calls

  • Authors:
  • David Bednárek

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague,

  • Venue:
  • SOFSEM '10 Proceedings of the 36th Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Structural joins and, in particular, twig joins are essential operations in XML query processing. Algorithms presented so far treat a twig join as a single operator with multiple inputs. However, in XQuery and XSLT, a twig pattern may be scattered across several functions (templates); thus, function integration is required before the application of a twig join operator. This paper presents R-programs --- a novel evaluation framework based on an expanding network of operators. In this environment, a function may repeatedly and bidirectionally interact with its caller; consequently, a structural join algorithm may be distributed across the boundary of a function. Given this ability, function integration is no longer required and twig join algorithms become applicable even in the presence of recursive functions.