CPS Path
Introduction
Several CPS APIs use the CPS path (or cpsPath in Java API) parameter. The CPS path parameter is used for querying xpaths. CPS path is inspired by the XML Path Language (XPath) 3.1.
This section describes the functionality currently supported by CPS Path.
Sample Yang Model
module stores {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "org:onap:ccsdk:sample";
prefix book-store;
revision "2020-09-15" {
description
"Sample Model";
}
container shops {
container bookstore {
leaf bookstore-name {
type string;
}
leaf name {
type string;
}
list categories {
key "code";
leaf code {
type uint16;
}
leaf name {
type string;
}
leaf numberOfBooks {
type uint16;
}
container books {
list book {
key title;
leaf title {
type string;
}
leaf price {
type uint16;
}
leaf-list label {
type string;
}
leaf-list edition {
type string;
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Note. ‘categories’ is a Yang List and ‘code’ is its key leaf. All other data nodes are Yang Containers. ‘label’ and ‘edition’ are both leaf-lists.
Note. CPS accepts only json data. The xml data presented here is for illustration purposes only.
The json and xml below describes some basic data to be used to illustrate the CPS Path functionality.
Sample Data in Json
{
"shops": {
"bookstore": {
"bookstore-name": "Chapters",
"name": "Chapters",
"categories": [
{
"code": 1,
"name": "SciFi",
"numberOfBooks": 2,
"books": {
"book": [
{
"title": "2001: A Space Odyssey",
"price": 5,
"label": ["sale", "classic"],
"edition": ["1968", "2018"]
},
{
"title": "Dune",
"price": 5,
"label": ["classic"],
"edition": ["1965"]
}
]
}
},
{
"code": 2,
"name": "Kids",
"numberOfBooks": 1,
"books": {
"book": [
{
"title": "Matilda"
}
]
}
}
]
}
}
}
Sample Data in XML
<shops>
<bookstore name="Chapters">
<bookstore-name>Chapters</bookstore-name>
<categories code=1 name="SciFi" numberOfBooks="2">
<books>
<book title="2001: A Space Odyssey" price="5">
<label>sale</label>
<label>classic</label>
<edition>1968</edition>
<edition>2018</edition>
</book>
<book title="Dune" price="5">
<label>classic</label>
<edition>1965</edition>
</book>
</books>
</categories>
<categories code=2 name="Kids" numberOfBooks="1">
<books>
<book title="Matilda" />
</books>
</categories>
</bookstore>
</shops>
General Notes
String values must be wrapped in quotation marks
"(U+0022) or apostrophes'(U+0027).String comparisons are case sensitive.
List key-fields containing
\or@[will not be processed correctly when being referenced with such key values in absolute or descendant paths. This means such entries will be omitted from any query result. See CPS-500 Special Character Limitations of cpsPath Queries
Query Syntax
( <absolute-path> | <descendant-path> ) [ <leaf-conditions> ] [ <text()-condition> ] [ <ancestor-axis> ]
Each CPS path expression need to start with an ‘absolute’ or ‘descendant’ xpath.
absolute-path
Syntax: '/' <container-name> ( '[' <list-key> ']' )? ( '/' <containerName> ( '[' <list-key> ']' )? )*
container name: Any yang container or list.
list-key: One or more key-value pairs, each preceded by the@symbol, combined using theandkeyword.The above van repeated any number of times.
- Examples
/shops/bookstore/shops/bookstore/categories[@code='1']/books/shops/bookstore/categories[@code='1']/books/book[@title='2001: A Space Odyssey']
- Limitations
Absolute paths must start with the top element (data node) as per the model tree.
Each list reference must include a valid instance reference to the key for that list. Except when it is the last element.
descendant-path
Syntax: '//' <container-name> ( '[' <list-key> ']' )? ( '/' <containerName> ( '[' <list-key> ']' )? )*
The syntax of a descendant path is identical to a absolute path except that it is preceded by a double slash
//.
- Examples
//bookstore//categories[@code='1']/books//bookstore/categories
- Limitations
Each list reference must include a valid instance reference to the key for that list. Except when it is the last element.
leaf-conditions
- Syntax:
<xpath> '[' @<leaf-name1> '=' <leaf-value1> ( ' and ' @<leaf-name> '=' <leaf-value> )* ']' xpath: Absolute or descendant or xpath to the (list) node which elements will be queried.leaf-name: The name of the leaf which value needs to be compared.leaf-value: The required value of the leaf.
- Examples
/shops/bookstore/categories[@numberOfBooks=1]//categories[@name="Kids"]//categories[@name='Kids']//categories[@code='1']/books/book[@title='Dune' and @price=5]//categories[@code=1]
- Limitations
Only the last list or container can be queried leaf values. Any ancestor list will have to be referenced by its key name-value pair(s).
Multiple attributes can only be combined using
and.orand bracketing is not supported.Only leaves can be used, leaf-list are not supported.
Only string and integer values are supported, boolean and float values are not supported.
The key should be supplied with correct data type for it to be queried from DB. In the last example above the attribute code is of type Integer so the cps query will not work if the value is passed as string. eg:
//categories[@code="1"]or//categories[@code='1']will not work because the key attribute code is treated a string.Having ‘[’ token in any index in any list will have a negative impact on this function.
- Notes
For performance reasons it does not make sense to query using key leaf as attribute. If the key value is known it is better to execute a get request with the complete xpath.
text()-condition
The text()-condition can be added to any CPS path query.
- Syntax:
<cps-path> ( '/' <leaf-name> '[text()=' <string-value> ']' )? cps-path: Any CPS path query.leaf-name: The name of the leaf or leaf-list which value needs to be compared.string-value: The required value of the leaf or leaf-list element as a string wrapped in quotation marks (U+0022) or apostrophes (U+0027). This wil still match integer values.
- Examples
//book/label[text()="classic"]//book/edition[text()="1965"]
- Limitations
Only the last list or container can be queried for leaf values with a text() condition. Any ancestor list will have to be referenced by its key name-value pair(s).
Only one leaf or leaf-list can be tested.
Only string and integer values are supported, boolean and float values are not supported.
Since CPS cannot return individual leaves it will always return the container with all its leaves. Ancestor-axis can be used to specify a parent higher up the tree.
When querying a leaf value (instead of leaf-list) it is better, more performant to use a text value condition use @<leaf-name> as described above.
Having ‘[’ token in any index in any list will have a negative impact on this function.
ancestor-axis
The ancestor axis can be added to any CPS path query but has to be the last part.
- Syntax:
<cps-path> ( '/ancestor::' <ancestor-path> )? cps-path: Any CPS path query.ancestor-path: Partial path to ancestors of the target node. This can contain one or more ancestor nodes separated by a/.
- Examples
//book/ancestor::categories//categories[@code='2']/books/ancestor::bookstore//book/ancestor::categories[@code='1']/books//book/label[text()="classic"]/ancestor::shops
- Limitations
Ancestor list elements can only be addressed using the list key leaf.
List elements with compound keys are not supported.