@Override
public final Expr optimize(final QueryContext qc, final VarScope scp) throws QueryException {
final Value v = initial(qc);
if (v != null && v.isEmpty() || emptyPath(v)) return optPre(qc);
// merge descendant steps
Expr e = mergeSteps(qc);
if (e == this && v != null && v.type == NodeType.DOC) {
// check index access
e = index(qc, v);
// rewrite descendant to child steps
if (e == this) e = children(qc, v);
}
// recompile path if it has changed
if (e != this) return e.compile(qc, scp);
// set atomic type for single attribute steps to speed up predicate tests
if (root == null && steps.length == 1 && steps[0] instanceof Step) {
final Step curr = (Step) steps[0];
if (curr.axis == ATTR && curr.test.kind == Kind.URI_NAME) curr.seqType(SeqType.NOD_ZO);
}
// choose best path implementation and set type information
final Path path = get(info, root, steps);
path.size = path.size(qc);
path.seqType = SeqType.get(steps[steps.length - 1].seqType().type, size);
return path;
}