The following data types are used for specifying the storage layout:
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! Type
! Description
! Example (native → hex integers)
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| {{Type|Num}}
| Compressed integer (1-5 bytes), specified in [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/util/Num.java Num.java]
| {{Code|15}} → {{Code|0F}}; {{Code|511}} → {{Code|41 FF}}<br/>
|-valign="top"
| {{Type|Token}}
| Length ({{Type|Num}}) and bytes of UTF8 byte representation
| {{Code|Hello}} → {{Code|05 48 65 6c 6c 6f}}
|-valign="top"
| {{Type|Double}}
| Number, stored as token
| {{Code|123}} → {{Code|03 31 32 33}}
|-valign="top"
| {{Type|Boolean}}
| Boolean (1 byte, {{Code|00}} or {{Code|01}})
| {{Code|true}} → {{Code|01}}
|-valign="top"
| {{Type|Nums}}, {{Type|Tokens}}, {{Type|Doubles}}
| Arrays of values, introduced with the number of entries
| {{Code|1,2}} → {{Code|02 01 31 01 32}}
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| {{Type|TokenSet}}
| Key array ({{Type|Tokens}}), next/bucket/size arrays (3x {{Type|Nums}})
The following tables illustrate the layout of the BaseX database files. All files are suffixed with {{Code|.basex}}.
==Meta DataMetadata, Name/Path/Doc Indexes: {{Code|inf}}==
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! Description
! Format
! Method|-valign="top"| '''1. Meta DataMetadata'''| 1. Key/value pairs, in no particular order ({{Type|Token}}/{{Type|Token}}):<br/> • Examples: {{Code|FNAME}}, {{Code|TIME}}, {{Code|SIZE}}, ...<br /> • {{Code|PERM}} → Number of users ({{Type|Num}}), and name/password/permission values for each user ({{Type|Token}}/{{Type|Token}}/{{Type|Num}})<br/>2. Empty key as finalizer| [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/data/DiskData.java DiskData()]<br/>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/data/MetaData.java MetaData()]<br/>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/core/Users.java Users()]|-valign="top"
| '''2. Main memory indexes'''
| 1. Key/value pairs, in no particular order ({{Type|Token}}/{{Type|Token}}):<br /> • {{Code|TAGS}} → Tag Element Name Index<br /> • {{Code|ATTS}} → Attribute Name Index<br /> • {{Code|PATH}} → Path Index<br /> • {{Code|NS}} → Namespaces<br /> • {{Code|DOCS}} → Document Index<br/>2. Empty key as finalizer| [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/data/DiskData.java DiskData()]|-valign="top"| '''2 a) Name Index'''<br/>TagElement/attribute names| 1. Token set, storing all names ({{Type|TokenSet}})<br />2. One StatsKey instance per entry:<br/>2.1. Content kind ({{Type|Num}}):<br />2.1.1. Number: min/max ({{Type|Doubles}})<br />2.1.2. Category: number of entries ({{Type|Num}}), entries ({{Type|Tokens}})<br />2.2. Number of entries ({{Type|Num}})<br />2.3. Leaf flag ({{Type|Boolean}})<br />2.4. Maximum text length ({{Type|Double}}; legacy, could be {{Type|Num}})| [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/index/Names.java Names()]<br/>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/util/hash/TokenSet.java TokenSet.read()]<br/>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/index/StatsKey.java StatsKey()]|-valign="top"
| '''2 b) Path Index'''
| 1. Flag for path definition ({{Type|Boolean}}, always {{Code|true}}; legacy)<br/>2. PathNode:<br/>2.1. Name reference ({{Type|Num}})<br/>2.2. Node kind ({{Type|Num}})<br/>2.3. Number of occurrences ({{Type|Num}})<br/>2.4. Number of children ({{Type|Num}})<br/>2.5. {{Type|Double}}; legacy, can be reused or discarded<br/>2.6. Recursive generation of child nodes (→ 2)
| [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/index/path/PathSummary.java PathSummary()]<br/>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/index/path/PathNode.java PathNode()]|-valign="top"
| '''2 c) Namespaces'''
| 1. Token set, storing prefixes ({{Type|TokenSet}})<br/>2. Token set, storing URIs ({{Type|TokenSet}})<br/>3. NSNode:<br/>3.1. pre value ({{Type|Num}})<br/>3.2. References to prefix/URI pairs ({{Type|Nums}})<br/>3.3. Number of children ({{Type|Num}})<br/>3.4. Recursive generation of child nodes (→ 3)
| [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/data/Namespaces.java Namespaces()]<br/>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/data/NSNode.java NSNode()]|-valign="top"
| '''2 d) Document Index'''
| Array of integers, representing the distances between all document pre values ({{Type|Nums}})
| [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/src/main/java/org/basex/index/DocIndex.java DocIndex()]
|}
* {{Code|txtl}}: Heap file with ID lists.
* {{Code|txtr}}: Index file with references to ID lists.
The '''Attribute Index''' is contained in the files {{Code|atvl}} and {{Code|atvr}}; it uses , the '''Token Index''' in {{Code|tokl}} and {{Code|tokr}}. All have the same layout.
For a more detailed discussion and examples of these file formats please see [[Index File Structure]]. ==Full-Text Fuzzy Document Path Index: {{Code|ftxx}}, {{Code|ftxy}}, {{Code|ftxzpth}}== Provides an index of all the document paths in the database. For databases with a large number of paths this file can be quite large so it is only generated the first time a function requesting a path lookup is run. For databases where path lookups are never used this file will not exist. '''Note:''' On Windows/Mac systems this file is case insensitive (all paths are lower case). On UNIX-like systems this file is case sensitive. The behaviour of path look ups will vary between systems. Copying this file between system types may lead to unexpected behaviour.
...will soon be reimplemented.==ID/Pre Mapping: {{Code|idp}}==
==Full-Text Trie Index: {{Code|ftxa}}, {{Code|ftxb}}, {{Code|ftxc}}==This file is only created if incremental indexing (UPDINDEX) is enabled for a database. It is used to provide a quick look up of the pre value for a database node id.
...will soon be dismissed.==Full-Text Fuzzy Index: {{Code|ftxx}}, {{Code|ftxy}}, {{Code|ftxz}}==
[[Category:Internals]]...may soon be reimplemented.