Repository Module

This XQuery Module contains functions for installing, listing and deleting modules contained in the Repository.

Conventions

All functions and errors in this module are assigned to the http://basex.org/modules/repo namespace, which is statically bound to the repo prefix.

Functions

repo:install

Signature	repo:install( $href as xs:string ) as empty-sequence()
Summary	Retrieves and installs a package from the given $href location. Existing packages are replaced.
Errors	not-found: a package does not exist. descriptor: the package descriptor is invalid. installed: the module contained in the package to be installed is already installed as part of another package. parse: an error occurred while parsing the package. version: the package version is not supported.

repo:delete

Signature	repo:delete( $package as xs:string ) as empty-sequence()
Summary	Deletes a $package. The argument contains the package name, optionally suffixed with a dash and the package version.
Errors	not-found: a package does not exist. delete: the package cannot be deleted.

repo:list

Signature	repo:list() as element(package)*
Summary	Lists the names and versions of all currently installed packages.

Errors

Code	Description
delete	The package cannot be deleted because of dependencies, or because files are missing.
descriptor	The package descriptor is invalid.
installed	The module contained in the package to be installed is already installed as part of another package.
not-found	A package does not exist.
parse	An error occurred while parsing the package.
version	The package version is not supported.

Changelog

Version 9.0

• Updated: error codes updated; errors now use the module namespace

Version 7.2.1

• Updated: repo:install: existing packages will be replaced
• Updated: repo:delete: remove specific version of a package

Version 7.2

• Updated: repo:list now returns nodes

The module was introduced with Version 7.1.