zuzu-rust 0.1.0

Rust implementation of ZuzuScript
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=encoding utf8

=head1 NAME

std/path/kdl - KDL Query Language selectors for KDL documents.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  from std/data/kdl import KDL;
  from std/path/kdl import KDLQuery;

  let doc := ( new KDL() ).decode( """
  package {
    name foo
    dependencies platform=windows {
      winapi "1.0.0"
    }
  }
  """ );

  let names := doc @@ new KDLQuery( path: "package >> name" );

=head1 IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT

This module is supported by all implementations of ZuzuScript.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

C<KDLQuery> implements the KDL Query Language described in
C<tmp/QUERY-SPEC.md>. It provides the same read-oriented public API as
C<std/path/z> and C<std/path/simple>: C<get>, C<select>, C<query>,
C<first>, C<exists>, and C<expression>. It also supports the assignment
and reference methods from the path API for replacing selected
C<KDLNode> objects.

The C<values> and C<props> helper methods extract argument values and
properties from the selected nodes.

If the query root is not already a C<KDLDocument> or C<KDLNode>, it is
converted to a C<KDLDocument> using C<std/data/kdl/json>'s
C<json_to_kdl> mapping before the query runs.

The path operators C<@>, C<@@>, and C<@?> can be set to use this module
in a lexical scope:

  from std/path/kdl import KDLQuery;
  KDLQuery.use();
  let dependencies := doc @@ "package >> dependencies";

=head1 EXPORTS

=head2 Classes

=over

=item C<< KDLQuery({ path: String }) >>

Constructs a KDL Query Language selector. Returns: C<KDLQuery>.

=over

=item C<< KDLQuery.use() >>

Parameters: none. Returns: C<null>. Makes this path class the lexical
implementation for C<@>, C<@@>, and C<@?>.

=item C<< query.expression() >>

Parameters: none. Returns: C<String>. Returns the original query
expression.

=item C<< query.get(raw) >>, C<< query.select(raw) >>, C<< query.query(raw) >>

Parameters: C<raw> is a KDL root or JSON-like value. Returns: C<Array>.
Evaluates the query and returns selected nodes.

=item C<< query.first(raw, fallback?) >>

Parameters: C<raw> is the query root and C<fallback> is optional.
Returns: value. Returns the first selected node or fallback.

=item C<< query.exists(raw) >>

Parameters: C<raw> is the query root. Returns: C<Boolean>. Returns true
when the query selects at least one node.

=item C<< query.values(raw) >>

Parameters: C<raw> is the query root. Returns: C<Array>. Returns
selected node argument values.

=item C<< query.props(raw) >>

Parameters: C<raw> is the query root. Returns: C<Array>. Returns
selected node property data.

=item C<< query.assign_first(target, value, op := ":=", weak := false) >>

Parameters: C<target> is the query root, C<value> is the assignment
value, C<op> is an assignment operator, and C<weak> is accepted for path
API compatibility. Returns: value. Updates the first selected node.

=item C<< query.assign_all(target, value, op := ":=", weak := false) >>

Parameters: same as C<assign_first>. Returns: value. Updates every
selected node.

=item C<< query.assign_maybe(target, value, op := ":=", weak := false) >>

Parameters: same as C<assign_first>. Returns: C<Boolean>. Updates the
first selected node when one exists.

=item C<< query.ref_first(target) >>

Parameters: C<target> is the query root. Returns: C<Function>. Returns a
reference-like getter/setter for the first selected node.

=item C<< query.ref_all(target) >>

Parameters: C<target> is the query root. Returns: C<Array>. Returns
reference-like getter/setters for all selected nodes.

=item C<< query.ref_maybe(target) >>

Parameters: C<target> is the query root. Returns: C<Function> or
C<null>. Returns a reference-like getter/setter for the first selected
node when one exists.

=back

=back

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

B<< std/path/kdl >> is copyright Toby Inkster.

It is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of either the Artistic License 1.0 or the GNU General Public
License version 2.

=cut

from std/data/kdl import KDLDocument, KDLNode, _KDLParser;
from std/data/kdl import _kdl_is_line_space, _kdl_is_newline, _kdl_is_ws;
from std/data/kdl import _kdl_starts_with;
from std/data/kdl/json import json_to_kdl;
from std/internals import ref_id;
from std/string import index, substr;

class _KDLQueryParser {
	let String text := "";
	let Number pos := 0;

	method _eof () {
		return pos >= length text;
	}

	method _peek () {
		return "" if self._eof();
		return substr( text, pos, 1 );
	}

	method _starts_with ( String prefix ) {
		return substr( text, pos, length prefix ) ≡ prefix;
	}

	method _skip_ws () {
		let keep := true;
		while ( keep and not self._eof() ) {
			keep := false;
			while ( not self._eof() and _kdl_is_line_space( self._peek() ) ) {
				pos++;
				keep := true;
			}
			if ( self._skip_block_comment() ) {
				keep := true;
			}
			else if ( self._skip_line_comment() ) {
				keep := true;
			}
			else if ( self._skip_escline() ) {
				keep := true;
			}
		}
	}

	method _skip_block_comment () {
		return false if not _kdl_starts_with( text, pos, "/*" );
		pos += 2;
		let depth := 1;
		while ( depth > 0 ) {
			self._error("unterminated block comment") if self._eof();
			if ( _kdl_starts_with( text, pos, "/*" ) ) {
				depth++;
				pos += 2;
			}
			else if ( _kdl_starts_with( text, pos, "*/" ) ) {
				depth--;
				pos += 2;
			}
			else {
				pos++;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	method _skip_line_comment () {
		return false if not _kdl_starts_with( text, pos, "//" );
		pos += 2;
		while ( not self._eof() and not _kdl_is_newline( self._peek() ) ) {
			pos++;
		}
		return true;
	}

	method _skip_escline () {
		return false if self._peek() ≢ "\\";
		let save := pos;
		pos++;
		let keep := true;
		while ( keep and not self._eof() ) {
			keep := false;
			while ( _kdl_is_ws( self._peek() ) ) {
				pos++;
				keep := true;
			}
			if ( self._skip_block_comment() ) {
				keep := true;
			}
		}
		if ( _kdl_is_newline( self._peek() ) or self._eof() ) {
			while ( not self._eof() and _kdl_is_line_space( self._peek() ) ) {
				pos++;
			}
			return true;
		}
		pos := save;
		return false;
	}

	method _error ( String message ) {
		die `KDLQuery parse error at offset ${pos}: ${message}`;
	}

	method parse () {
		self._skip_ws();
		let selectors := [ self._parse_selector(true) ];
		self._skip_ws();
		while ( self._starts_with("||") ) {
			pos += 2;
			self._skip_ws();
			selectors.push( self._parse_selector(true) );
			self._skip_ws();
		}
		self._error("unexpected trailing input") if not self._eof();
		return selectors;
	}

	method _parse_selector ( Boolean allow_top ) {
		let first := self._parse_filter(allow_top);
		let steps := [];
		self._skip_ws();
		while ( not self._eof() and not self._starts_with("||") ) {
			let op := self._parse_selector_operator();
			self._skip_ws();
			steps.push( { op: op, filter: self._parse_filter(false) } );
			self._skip_ws();
		}
		return { first: first, steps: steps };
	}

	method _parse_selector_operator () {
		if ( self._starts_with(">>") ) {
			pos += 2;
			return "descendant";
		}
		if ( self._starts_with("++") ) {
			pos += 2;
			return "following";
		}
		if ( self._starts_with(">") ) {
			pos++;
			return "child";
		}
		if ( self._starts_with("+") ) {
			pos++;
			return "next";
		}
		self._error("expected selector operator");
	}

	method _parse_filter ( Boolean allow_top ) {
		self._skip_ws();
		if ( allow_top and self._starts_with("top") ) {
			let save := pos;
			pos += 3;
			self._skip_ws();
			if ( self._peek() ≡ "(" ) {
				pos++;
				self._skip_ws();
				if ( self._peek() ≡ ")" ) {
					pos++;
					return { kind: "top" };
				}
			}
			pos := save;
		}
		if ( self._starts_with("top") ) {
			self._error("top() may only appear at the start of a selector");
		}
		return self._parse_matchers();
	}

	method _parse_matchers () {
		let type_match := null;
		let any_type := false;
		let name := null;
		let accessors := [];

		if ( self._peek() ≡ "(" ) {
			pos++;
			self._skip_ws();
			if ( self._peek() ≡ ")" ) {
				any_type := true;
				pos++;
			}
			else {
				type_match := self._parse_query_string();
				self._skip_ws();
				self._error("expected ')' after type matcher") if self._peek() ≢ ")";
				pos++;
			}
			self._skip_ws();
		}

		if ( self._peek() ≢ "[" and not self._eof() ) {
			name := self._parse_query_string();
			self._skip_ws();
		}

		while ( self._peek() ≡ "[" ) {
			accessors.push( self._parse_accessor_matcher() );
			self._skip_ws();
		}

		if (
			type_match ≡ null
			and not any_type
			and name ≡ null
			and accessors.empty
		) {
			self._error("expected matcher");
		}

		return {
			kind: "matchers",
			type: type_match,
			any_type: any_type,
			name: name,
			accessors: accessors,
		};
	}

	method _parse_accessor_matcher () {
		self._error("expected '['") if self._peek() ≢ "[";
		pos++;
		self._skip_ws();
		if ( self._peek() ≡ "]" ) {
			pos++;
			return { kind: "any" };
		}

		let accessor := self._parse_accessor();
		self._skip_ws();
		if ( self._peek() ≡ "]" ) {
			pos++;
			return { kind: "exists", accessor: accessor };
		}

		let op := self._parse_matcher_operator();
		self._skip_ws();
		let literal := self._parse_literal();
		self._skip_ws();
		self._error("expected ']' after comparison") if self._peek() ≢ "]";
		pos++;
		return {
			kind: "comparison",
			accessor: accessor,
			op: op,
			literal: literal,
		};
	}

	method _parse_matcher_operator () {
		for ( let op in [ "!=", ">=", "<=", "^=", "$=", "*=", "=", ">", "<" ] ) {
			if ( self._starts_with(op) ) {
				pos += length op;
				return op;
			}
		}
		self._error("expected matcher operator");
	}

	method _parse_accessor () {
		let name := self._parse_query_string();
		self._skip_ws();
		if ( self._peek() ≢ "(" ) {
			return { kind: "prop", name: name };
		}

		pos++;
		self._skip_ws();
		if ( name ≡ "val" ) {
			let index := 0;
			if ( self._peek() ≢ ")" ) {
				index := self._parse_integer();
			}
			self._skip_ws();
			self._error("expected ')' after val accessor") if self._peek() ≢ ")";
			pos++;
			return { kind: "val", index: index };
		}

		if ( name ≡ "prop" ) {
			let prop_name := self._parse_query_string();
			self._skip_ws();
			self._error("expected ')' after prop accessor") if self._peek() ≢ ")";
			pos++;
			return { kind: "prop", name: prop_name };
		}

		if ( name in [ "name", "tag", "values", "props" ] ) {
			self._error(`expected empty ${name}() accessor`) if self._peek() ≢ ")";
			pos++;
			return { kind: name };
		}

		self._error(`unknown accessor '${name}'`);
	}

	method _parse_literal () {
		if ( self._peek() ≡ "(" ) {
			pos++;
			self._skip_ws();
			let tag := self._parse_query_string();
			self._skip_ws();
			self._error("expected ')' after type literal") if self._peek() ≢ ")";
			pos++;
			return { kind: "type", value: tag };
		}

		let p := new _KDLParser( text: substr( text, pos, length text - pos ) );
		let value := p._parse_value();
		pos += p{pos};
		return self._literal_from_kdl_value(value);
	}

	method _literal_from_kdl_value ( value ) {
		return {
			kind: "value",
			type: value.type(),
			value: value.native_value(),
			value_kind: value.kind(),
		};
	}

	method _parse_integer () {
		let p := new _KDLParser( text: substr( text, pos, length text - pos ) );
		let value := p._parse_number(null);
		self._error("expected integer")
			if value.type() ≢ "number" or value.kind() ≢ "integer";
		pos += p{pos};
		return value.native_value();
	}

	method _parse_query_string () {
		self._skip_ws();
		let p := new _KDLParser( text: substr( text, pos, length text - pos ) );
		let value := p._parse_string();
		pos += p{pos};
		return value;
	}
}

class KDLQuery {
	let String path;
	let ast;

	static method use () {
		from std/internals import setupperprop;
		setupperprop( 1, "paths", self );
	}

	method __build__ () {
		ast ?:= ( new _KDLQueryParser( text: path ) ).parse();
	}

	method expression () {
		return path;
	}

	method _root_nodes ( raw ) {
		let root := raw;
		if ( not( root instanceof KDLDocument ) and not( root instanceof KDLNode ) ) {
			root := json_to_kdl(root);
		}
		if ( root instanceof KDLDocument ) {
			let roots := root.nodes();
			let parent := {
				document: true,
				roots: [],
				values: roots,
				parent: null,
				index: 0,
			};
			let out := [];
			let i := 0;
			for ( let node in roots ) {
				let qnode := { node: node, parent: parent, index: i };
				out.push(qnode);
				parent{roots}.push(qnode);
				i++;
			}
			return out;
		}
		if ( root instanceof KDLNode ) {
			return [ { node: root, parent: null, index: 0 } ];
		}
		die "KDLQuery root could not be converted to KDL";
	}

	method _children ( qnode ) {
		if ( qnode.exists("document") and qnode{document} ) {
			return qnode{roots};
		}
		let out := [];
		let i := 0;
		for ( let child in qnode{node}.children() ) {
			out.push( { node: child, parent: qnode, index: i } );
			i++;
		}
		return out;
	}

	method _descendants ( qnode ) {
		let out := [];
		let stack := self._children(qnode);
		while ( not stack.empty ) {
			let n := stack.shift();
			out.push(n);
			for ( let child in self._children(n) ) {
				stack.push(child);
			}
		}
		return out;
	}

	method _all_nodes ( roots ) {
		let out := [];
		for ( let root in roots ) {
			out.push(root);
			for ( let child in self._descendants(root) ) {
				out.push(child);
			}
		}
		return out;
	}

	method _siblings ( qnode ) {
		return [] if qnode{parent} ≡ null;
		return self._children( qnode{parent} );
	}

	method _next_sibling ( qnode ) {
		for ( let sib in self._siblings(qnode) ) {
			return sib if sib{index} ≡ qnode{index} + 1;
		}
		return null;
	}

	method _following_siblings ( qnode ) {
		return self._siblings(qnode).grep( fn sib -> sib{index} > qnode{index} );
	}

	method _dedup ( nodes ) {
		let seen := {};
		let out := [];
		for ( let n in nodes ) {
			let id := n.exists("document") and n{document}
				? "document"
				: ref_id( n{node} );
			if ( not seen.exists(id) ) {
				seen.set( id, true );
				out.push(n);
			}
		}
		return out;
	}

	method _evaluate_nodes ( raw ) {
		let roots := self._root_nodes(raw);
		let results := [];
		for ( let selector in ast ) {
			for ( let n in self._eval_selector( selector, roots ) ) {
				results.push(n);
			}
		}
		return self._dedup(results);
	}

	method _eval_selector ( selector, roots ) {
		let current;
		if ( selector{first}{kind} ≡ "top" ) {
			current := selector{steps}.empty
				? roots
				: [ { document: true, roots: roots, parent: null, index: 0 } ];
		}
		else {
			current := self._apply_filter(
				self._all_nodes(roots),
				selector{first},
			);
		}

		for ( let step in selector{steps} ) {
			let candidates := [];
			for ( let n in current ) {
				if ( step{op} ≡ "child" ) {
					for ( let child in self._children(n) ) {
						candidates.push(child);
					}
				}
				else if ( step{op} ≡ "descendant" ) {
					for ( let child in self._descendants(n) ) {
						candidates.push(child);
					}
				}
				else if ( step{op} ≡ "next" ) {
					let sib := self._next_sibling(n);
					candidates.push(sib) if sib ≢ null;
				}
				else if ( step{op} ≡ "following" ) {
					for ( let sib in self._following_siblings(n) ) {
						candidates.push(sib);
					}
				}
			}
			current := self._apply_filter( self._dedup(candidates), step{filter} );
		}

		return current;
	}

	method _apply_filter ( nodes, filter ) {
		return nodes if filter{kind} ≡ "top";
		return nodes.grep( fn n -> self._matches_filter( n, filter ) );
	}

	method _matches_filter ( qnode, filter ) {
		let node := qnode{node};
		if ( filter{name} ≢ null and node.name() ne filter{name} ) {
			return false;
		}
		if ( filter{type} ≢ null and node.type_annotation() ne filter{type} ) {
			return false;
		}
		if ( filter{any_type} and node.type_annotation() ≡ null ) {
			return false;
		}
		for ( let matcher in filter{accessors} ) {
			next if matcher{kind} ≡ "any";
			if ( matcher{kind} ≡ "exists" ) {
				return false if not self._accessor_exists( node, matcher{accessor} );
				next;
			}
			if ( matcher{kind} ≡ "comparison" ) {
				return false if not self._compare(
					node,
					matcher{accessor},
					matcher{op},
					matcher{literal},
				);
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	method _accessor_result ( node, accessor ) {
		if ( accessor{kind} ≡ "val" ) {
			let index := accessor{index};
			return { exists: false } if index < 0 or index >= node.args().length();
			return self._kdl_value_result( node.args()[index] );
		}
		if ( accessor{kind} ≡ "prop" ) {
			let name := accessor{name};
			return { exists: false } if not node.props().has(name);
			return self._kdl_value_result( node.props().get(name) );
		}
		if ( accessor{kind} ≡ "name" ) {
			return { exists: true, kind: "plain", type: "string", value: node.name() };
		}
		if ( accessor{kind} ≡ "tag" ) {
			let tag := node.type_annotation();
			return tag ≡ null
				? { exists: false }
				: { exists: true, kind: "plain", type: "string", value: tag };
		}
		if ( accessor{kind} ≡ "values" ) {
			return {
				exists: node.args().length() > 0,
				kind: "sequence",
				values: node.args(),
			};
		}
		if ( accessor{kind} ≡ "props" ) {
			let values := [];
			for ( let pair in node.props().to_Array() ) {
				values.push(pair.value);
			}
			return {
				exists: values.length() > 0,
				kind: "sequence",
				values: values,
			};
		}
		return { exists: false };
	}

	method _kdl_value_result ( value ) {
		return { exists: true, kind: "kdl-value", value: value };
	}

	method _accessor_exists ( node, accessor ) {
		return self._accessor_result( node, accessor ){exists};
	}

	method _compare ( node, accessor, String op, literal ) {
		let got := self._accessor_result( node, accessor );
		return false if not got{exists};
		let same := self._equals( got, literal );
		return same if op ≡ "=";
		return not same if op ≡ "!=";

		if ( op in [ "^=", "$=", "*=" ] ) {
			return false if literal{kind} ≢ "value" or literal{type} ≢ "string";
			let needle := literal{value};
			for ( let s in self._string_values(got) ) {
				if ( op ≡ "^=" ) {
					return true if substr( s, 0, length needle ) eq needle;
				}
				else if ( op ≡ "$=" ) {
					return true
						if length needle <= length s
							and substr(
								s,
								length s - length needle,
								length needle,
							) eq needle;
				}
				else if ( index( s, needle ) >= 0 ) {
					return true;
				}
			}
			return false;
		}

		return self._ordered_compare( got, op, literal );
	}

	method _equals ( got, literal ) {
		for ( let item in self._result_items(got) ) {
			return true if self._equals_one( item, literal );
		}
		return false;
	}

	method _equals_one ( got, literal ) {
		if ( literal{kind} ≡ "type" ) {
			return false if got{kind} ≢ "kdl-value";
			return got{value}.type_annotation() eq literal{value};
		}

		if ( got{kind} ≡ "kdl-value" ) {
			let v := got{value};
			return false if v.type() ne literal{type};
			return v.native_value() ≡ literal{value}
				if v.type() in [ "null", "boolean" ];
			if ( v.type() ≡ "number" ) {
				if ( v.kind() eq "string" or literal{value_kind} eq "string" ) {
					return v.kind() eq literal{value_kind}
						and v.native_value() eq literal{value};
				}
				return v.native_value() = literal{value};
			}
			return v.native_value() eq literal{value};
		}

		return false if got{kind} ≢ "plain";
		return false if got{type} ne literal{type};
		return got{value} eq literal{value};
	}

	method _result_items ( got ) {
		if ( got{kind} ≢ "sequence" ) {
			return [ got ];
		}
		let out := [];
		for ( let value in got{values} ) {
			out.push( self._kdl_value_result(value) );
		}
		return out;
	}

	method _string_values ( got ) {
		let out := [];
		for ( let item in self._result_items(got) ) {
			if ( item{kind} ≡ "kdl-value" ) {
				let v := item{value};
				out.push( v.native_value() ) if v.type() ≡ "string";
			}
			else if ( item{kind} ≡ "plain" and item{type} ≡ "string" ) {
				out.push( item{value} );
			}
		}
		return out;
	}

	method _ordered_compare ( got, String op, literal ) {
		return false if literal{kind} ne "value";
		for ( let item in self._result_items(got) ) {
			return true if self._ordered_compare_one( item, op, literal );
		}
		return false;
	}

	method _ordered_compare_one ( got, String op, literal ) {
		let got_type;
		let got_value;
		let got_kind := null;
		if ( got{kind} ≡ "kdl-value" ) {
			got_type := got{value}.type();
			got_kind := got{value}.kind();
			got_value := got{value}.native_value();
		}
		else if ( got{kind} ≡ "plain" ) {
			got_type := got{type};
			got_value := got{value};
		}
		else {
			return false;
		}

		return false if got_type ne literal{type};
		return false if got_kind ≡ "string" or literal{value_kind} ≡ "string";
		if ( got_type ≡ "number" ) {
			return got_value > literal{value} if op ≡ ">";
			return got_value >= literal{value} if op ≡ ">=";
			return got_value < literal{value} if op ≡ "<";
			return got_value <= literal{value} if op ≡ "<=";
		}
		if ( got_type ≡ "string" ) {
			let c := got_value cmp literal{value};
			return c > 0 if op ≡ ">";
			return c >= 0 if op ≡ ">=";
			return c < 0 if op ≡ "<";
			return c <= 0 if op ≡ "<=";
		}
		return false;
	}

	method get ( raw ) {
		return self._evaluate_nodes(raw).map( fn n -> n{node} );
	}

	method select ( raw ) {
		return self.get(raw);
	}

	method query ( raw ) {
		return self.get(raw);
	}

	method first ( raw, fallback? ) {
		let got := self.get(raw);
		return got.empty ? fallback : got[0];
	}

	method exists ( raw ) {
		return not self.get(raw).empty;
	}

	method values ( raw ) {
		let out := [];
		for ( let node in self.get(raw) ) {
			for ( let value in node.args() ) {
				out.push(value);
			}
		}
		return out;
	}

	method props ( raw ) {
		let out := new PairList();
		for ( let node in self.get(raw) ) {
			for ( let pair in node.props().to_Array() ) {
				out.add( pair.key, pair.value );
			}
		}
		return out;
	}

	method _ref_for_node ( node ) {
		let parent := node{parent};
		die "KDLQuery assignment target has no parent node"
			if parent ≡ null;

		if ( parent.exists("document") and parent{document} ) {
			let roots := parent{values};
			return \ roots[node{index}];
		}

		let children := parent{node}.children();
		return \ children[node{index}];
	}

	method assign_first ( target, value, op := ":=", weak := false ) {
		let nodes := self._evaluate_nodes(target);
		die "KDLQuery assignment found no matches"
			if nodes.length() ≡ 0;
		return self._apply_assignment_ref(
			self._ref_for_node( nodes[0] ),
			value,
			op,
			weak,
		);
	}

	method assign_all ( target, value, op := ":=", weak := false ) {
		let nodes := self._evaluate_nodes(target);
		if ( nodes.length() ≡ 0 ) {
			return value;
		}

		let last_result := value;
		for ( let node in nodes ) {
			last_result := self._apply_assignment_ref(
				self._ref_for_node(node),
				value,
				op,
				weak,
			);
		}

		return last_result;
	}

	method assign_maybe ( target, value, op := ":=", weak := false ) {
		let nodes := self._evaluate_nodes(target);
		if ( nodes.length() ≡ 0 ) {
			return false;
		}

		self._apply_assignment_ref(
			self._ref_for_node( nodes[0] ),
			value,
			op,
			weak,
		);
		return true;
	}

	method ref_first ( target ) {
		let nodes := self._evaluate_nodes(target);
		die "KDLQuery assignment found no matches"
			if nodes.length() ≡ 0;
		return self._ref_for_node( nodes[0] );
	}

	method ref_all ( target ) {
		let out := [];
		for ( let node in self._evaluate_nodes(target) ) {
			out.push( self._ref_for_node(node) );
		}
		return out;
	}

	method ref_maybe ( target ) {
		let nodes := self._evaluate_nodes(target);
		return nodes.length() ≡ 0 ? null : self._ref_for_node( nodes[0] );
	}

	method _apply_assignment_ref ( ref, value, op := ":=", weak := false ) {
		die "KDLQuery weak assignment is not supported"
			if weak;

		die `Unsupported KDLQuery assignment operator '${op}'`
			if op ≢ ":=";
		die "KDLQuery assignment value must be a KDLNode"
			if not( value instanceof KDLNode );
		return ref(value);
	}
}