Allow document references in inline filters.

"store.book[?(@.display-price <= $.max-price)].display-price"

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Path;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.PathCompiler;
 
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.compiler.PredicateContextImpl;
+import com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.SourceToHTMLConverter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
     private static enum CriteriaType {
         EQ {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 boolean res = (0 == safeCompare(expected, actual));
                 logger.debug("[{}] {} [{}] => {}", actual, name(), expected, res);
                 return res;
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         NE {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 boolean res = (0 != safeCompare(expected, actual));
                 logger.debug("[{}] {} [{}] => {}", actual, name(), expected, res);
                 return res;
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         GT {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 if ((expected == null) ^ (actual == null)) {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         GTE {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 if ((expected == null) ^ (actual == null)) {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         LT {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 if ((expected == null) ^ (actual == null)) {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         LTE {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 if ((expected == null) ^ (actual == null)) {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         IN {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 boolean res = false;
                 Collection exps = (Collection) expected;
                 for (Object exp : exps) {
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         NIN {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 Collection nexps = (Collection) expected;
                 boolean res = !nexps.contains(actual);
                 logger.debug("[{}] {} [{}] => {}", actual, name(), join(", ", nexps), res);
@@ -118,13 +120,13 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         ALL {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 boolean res = true;
                 Collection exps = (Collection) expected;
-                if (configuration.jsonProvider().isArray(actual)) {
+                if (ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().isArray(actual)) {
                     for (Object exp : exps) {
                         boolean found = false;
-                        for (Object check : configuration.jsonProvider().toIterable(actual)) {
+                        for (Object check : ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().toIterable(actual)) {
                             if (0 == safeCompare(exp, check)) {
                                 found = true;
                                 break;
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
                             break;
                         }
                     }
-                    logger.debug("[{}] {} [{}] => {}", join(", ", configuration.jsonProvider().toIterable(actual)), name(), join(", ", exps), res);
+                    logger.debug("[{}] {} [{}] => {}", join(", ", ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().toIterable(actual)), name(), join(", ", exps), res);
                 } else {
                     res = false;
                     logger.debug("[{}] {} [{}] => {}", "<NOT AN ARRAY>", name(), join(", ", exps), res);
@@ -145,11 +147,11 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         SIZE {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 int size = (Integer) expected;
                 boolean res;
-                if (configuration.jsonProvider().isArray(actual)) {
-                    int length = configuration.jsonProvider().length(actual);
+                if (ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().isArray(actual)) {
+                    int length = ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().length(actual);
                     res = (length == size);
                     logger.debug("Array with size {} {} {} => {}", length, name(), size, res);
                 } else if (actual instanceof String) {
@@ -165,14 +167,14 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         EXISTS {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 //This must be handled outside
                 throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
             }
         },
         TYPE {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 final Class<?> expType = (Class<?>) expected;
                 final Class<?> actType = actual == null ? null : actual.getClass();
 
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         REGEX {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 boolean res = false;
                 final Pattern pattern = (Pattern) expected;
                 if (actual != null && actual instanceof String) {
@@ -193,28 +195,18 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         },
         MATCHES {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, final Object actual, final Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, final Object actual, final PredicateContext ctx) {
                 Predicate exp = (Predicate) expected;
-                return exp.apply(new PredicateContext() {
-                    @Override
-                    public Object target() {
-                        return actual;
-                    }
-
-                    @Override
-                    public Configuration configuration() {
-                        return configuration;
-                    }
-                });
+                return exp.apply(new PredicateContextImpl(actual, ctx.rootDocument(), ctx.configuration()));
             }
         },
         NOT_EMPTY {
             @Override
-            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration) {
+            boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx) {
                 boolean res = false;
                 if (actual != null) {
-                    if (configuration.jsonProvider().isArray(actual)) {
-                        int len = configuration.jsonProvider().length(actual);
+                    if (ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().isArray(actual)) {
+                        int len = ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().length(actual);
                         res = (0 != len);
                         logger.debug("array length = {} {} => {}", len, name(), res);
                     } else if (actual instanceof String) {
@@ -227,7 +219,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
             }
         };
 
-        abstract boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, Configuration configuration);
+        abstract boolean eval(Object expected, Object actual, PredicateContext ctx);
 
         public static CriteriaType parse(String str) {
             if ("==".equals(str)) {
@@ -283,16 +275,23 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
             boolean exists = ((Boolean) expected);
             try {
                 Configuration c = Configuration.builder().jsonProvider(ctx.configuration().jsonProvider()).options().build();
-                path.evaluate(ctx.target(), c).getValue();
+                path.evaluate(ctx.contextDocument(), ctx.rootDocument(), c).getValue();
                 return exists;
             } catch (PathNotFoundException e) {
                 return !exists;
             }
         } else {
             try {
-                final Object actual = path.evaluate(ctx.target(), ctx.configuration()).getValue();
+                final Object actual = path.evaluate(ctx.contextDocument(), ctx.rootDocument(), ctx.configuration()).getValue();
+
+                Object expectedVal = expected;
+                if(expected instanceof Path){
+                    Path expectedPath = (Path) expected;
+                    Object doc = expectedPath.isRootPath()?ctx.rootDocument():ctx.contextDocument();
+                    expectedVal = expectedPath.evaluate(doc, ctx.rootDocument(), ctx.configuration()).getValue();
+                }
 
-                return criteriaType.eval(expected, actual, ctx.configuration());
+                return criteriaType.eval(expectedVal, actual, ctx);
             } catch (ValueCompareException e) {
                 return false;
             } catch (PathNotFoundException e) {
@@ -571,6 +570,10 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
 
     private static int safeCompare(Object expected, Object providerParsed) throws ValueCompareException {
 
+        if(expected == providerParsed){
+            return 0;
+        }
+
         boolean expNullish = isNullish(expected);
         boolean provNullish = isNullish(providerParsed);
 
@@ -611,13 +614,22 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
 
         Path p = PathCompiler.compile(path);
 
-        if ("$".equals(path) && (operator == null || operator.isEmpty()) && (expected == null || expected.isEmpty())) {
+        if (("$".equals(path) || "@".equals(path) )&& (operator == null || operator.isEmpty()) && (expected == null || expected.isEmpty())) {
             return new Criteria(p, CriteriaType.NE, null);
         } else if (operator.isEmpty()) {
             return Criteria.where(path).exists(true);
+        } else {
+            if(expected.startsWith("$") || expected.startsWith("@")){
+                Path compile = PathCompiler.compile(expected);
+                if(!compile.isDefinite()){
+                    throw new InvalidPathException("the predicate path: " + expected + " is not definite");
+                }
+                return new Criteria(p, CriteriaType.parse(operator), compile);
             } else {
                 return new Criteria(p, CriteriaType.parse(operator), expected);
             }
+
+        }
     }
 
     @Override

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java

@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ public class JsonPath {
 
         try {
             if(optAsPathList){
-                return  (T)path.evaluate(jsonObject, configuration).getPath();
+                return  (T)path.evaluate(jsonObject, jsonObject, configuration).getPath();
             } else {
-                Object res = path.evaluate(jsonObject, configuration).getValue();
+                Object res = path.evaluate(jsonObject, jsonObject, configuration).getValue();
                 if(optAlwaysReturnList && path.isDefinite()){
                     Object array = configuration.jsonProvider().createArray();
                     configuration.jsonProvider().setProperty(array, 0, res);

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Predicate.java

@@ -7,11 +7,24 @@ public interface Predicate {
 
     boolean apply(PredicateContext ctx);
 
-
     public interface PredicateContext {
 
-        Object target();
+        /**
+         * Returns the current element being evaluated by this predicate
+         * @return current document
+         */
+        Object contextDocument();
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the root document (the complete JSON)
+         * @return root document
+         */
+        Object rootDocument();
 
+        /**
+         * Configuration to use when evaluating
+         * @return configuration
+         */
         Configuration configuration();
     }
 }

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/CompiledPath.java

@@ -12,19 +12,27 @@ public  class CompiledPath implements Path {
 
     private final PathToken root;
 
+    private final boolean isRootPath;
 
-    public CompiledPath(PathToken root) {
+
+    public CompiledPath(PathToken root, boolean isRootPath) {
         this.root = root;
+        this.isRootPath = isRootPath;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRootPath() {
+        return isRootPath;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public EvaluationContext evaluate(Object model, Configuration configuration) {
+    public EvaluationContext evaluate(Object document, Object rootDocument, Configuration configuration) {
         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
             logger.debug("Evaluating path: {}", toString());
         }
 
-        EvaluationContextImpl ctx = new EvaluationContextImpl(this, configuration);
-        root.evaluate("", model, ctx);
+        EvaluationContextImpl ctx = new EvaluationContextImpl(this, rootDocument, configuration);
+        root.evaluate("", document, ctx);
 
         return ctx;
     }

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/EvaluationContext.java

@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ public interface EvaluationContext {
      */
     Configuration configuration();
 
+    /**
+     * The json document that is evaluated
+     *
+     * @return the document
+     */
+    Object rootDocument();
+
     /**
      * This method does not adhere to configuration settings. It will return a single object (not wrapped in a List) even if the
      * configuration contains the {@link com.jayway.jsonpath.Option#ALWAYS_RETURN_LIST}

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/Path.java

@@ -7,8 +7,26 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
  */
 public interface Path {
 
-    EvaluationContext evaluate(Object model, Configuration configuration);
+    /**
+     * Evaluates this path
+     *
+     * @param document the json document to apply the path on
+     * @param rootDocument the root json document that started this evaluation
+     * @param configuration configuration to use
+     * @return EvaluationContext containing results of evaluation
+     */
+    EvaluationContext evaluate(Object document, Object rootDocument, Configuration configuration);
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return true id this path is definite
+     */
     boolean isDefinite();
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return true id this path is starts with '$' and false if the path starts with '@'
+     */
+    boolean isRootPath();
+
 }

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/PathCompiler.java

@@ -35,22 +35,32 @@ public class PathCompiler {
     private static final char BRACKET_CLOSE = ']';
     private static final char SPACE = ' ';
     private static final Cache cache = new Cache(200);
-
+    private static final String[] OPERATORS = {"==", ">=", "<=", "!=", "<", ">",};
 
 
     public static Path compile(String path, Predicate... filters) {
         notEmpty(path, "Path may not be null empty");
         path = path.trim();
 
+
+
         LinkedList<Predicate> filterList = new LinkedList<Predicate>(asList(filters));
 
-        if (path.charAt(0) != '$') {
+        if (path.charAt(0) != '$' && path.charAt(0) != '@') {
             path = "$." + path;
         }
 
-        String cacheKey = path + filterList.toString();
+        boolean isRootPath = (path.charAt(0) == '$');
+
+        if(path.charAt(0) == '@'){
+            path = "$" + path.substring(1);
+        }
+
+
+        String cacheKey = path + isRootPath + filterList.toString();
         Path p = cache.get(cacheKey);
         if (p != null) {
+            logger.debug("Using cached path");
             return p;
         }
 
@@ -116,7 +126,7 @@ public class PathCompiler {
 
         } while (i < path.length());
 
-        Path pa = new CompiledPath(root);
+        Path pa = new CompiledPath(root, isRootPath);
 
         cache.put(cacheKey, pa);
 
@@ -222,7 +232,7 @@ public class PathCompiler {
 
                 switch (current) {
                     case '?':
-                        return analyzeCriteriaSequence();
+                        return analyzeCriteriaSequence2();
                     case '\'':
                         return analyzeProperty();
                     default:
@@ -239,6 +249,69 @@ public class PathCompiler {
             throw new InvalidPathException("Could not analyze path component: " + pathFragment);
         }
 
+        private int findNext(char charToFind, boolean disregardStringContent) {
+            int x = i;
+            boolean inProperty = false;
+
+            char analyzing;
+            boolean found = false;
+            while(!found){
+                analyzing = pathFragment.charAt(x);
+
+                if(analyzing == '\'' && disregardStringContent){
+                    inProperty = !inProperty;
+                }
+                if(!inProperty){
+                    found = (analyzing == charToFind);
+                }
+                x++;
+            }
+            return x-1;
+        }
+
+        //[?(@.foo)]
+        //[?(@['foo'])]
+        //[?(@.foo == 'bar')]
+        //[?(@['foo']['bar'] == 'bar')]
+        //[?(@ == 'bar')]
+        //[?(@.category == $.store.book[0].category)]
+        //[?(@.category == @['category'])]
+        private PathToken analyzeCriteriaSequence2() {
+
+
+            List<Predicate> predicates = new ArrayList<Predicate>();
+
+            int startPos = findNext('(', true) + 1;
+            int stopPos = findNext(')', true);
+
+            String[] split = pathFragment.substring(startPos, stopPos).split("&&");
+
+            for (String criteria : split) {
+                int operatorIndex = -1;
+                String left = "";
+                String operator = "";
+                String right = "";
+                for (int y = 0; y < OPERATORS.length; y++) {
+                    operatorIndex = criteria.indexOf(OPERATORS[y]);
+                    if (operatorIndex != -1) {
+                        operator = OPERATORS[y];
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!operator.isEmpty()) {
+                    left = criteria.substring(0, operatorIndex).trim();
+                    right = criteria.substring(operatorIndex + operator.length()).trim();
+                } else {
+                    left = criteria.trim();
+                }
+                predicates.add(Criteria.create(left, operator, right));
+            }
+            i = stopPos;
+
+            return new PredicatePathToken(Filter.filter(predicates));
+        }
+
+        /*
         //[?(@.foo)]
         //[?(@['foo'])]
         //[?(@.foo == 'bar')]
@@ -303,7 +376,7 @@ public class PathCompiler {
                             if (isLogicOperatorChar(pathFragment.charAt(i + 1))) {
                                 ++i;
                             }
-                            criteria.add(createCriteria(pathBuffer, operatorBuffer, valueBuffer));
+                            criteria.add(Criteria.create(pathBuffer.toString().trim(), operatorBuffer.toString().trim(), valueBuffer.toString().trim()));
 
                             pathBuffer.setLength(0);
                             operatorBuffer.setLength(0);
@@ -324,16 +397,13 @@ public class PathCompiler {
                 throw new InvalidPathException("Function wrapping brackets are not matching. A filter function must match [?(<statement>)]");
             }
 
-            criteria.add(createCriteria(pathBuffer, operatorBuffer, valueBuffer));
+            criteria.add(Criteria.create(pathBuffer.toString().trim(), operatorBuffer.toString().trim(), valueBuffer.toString().trim()));
 
             Filter filter2 = Filter.filter(criteria);
 
             return new PredicatePathToken(filter2);
         }
-
-        private static Criteria createCriteria(StringBuilder pathBuffer, StringBuilder operatorBuffer, StringBuilder valueBuffer) {
-            return Criteria.create(pathBuffer.toString().trim(), operatorBuffer.toString().trim(), valueBuffer.toString().trim());
-        }
+        */
 
         private static boolean isAnd(char c) {
             return c == '&';

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/compiler/EvaluationContextImpl.java

@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ public class EvaluationContextImpl implements EvaluationContext {
     private final Object valueResult;
     private final Object pathResult;
     private final Path path;
+    private final Object rootDocument;
     private int resultIndex = 0;
 
-    public EvaluationContextImpl(Path path, Configuration configuration) {
+    public EvaluationContextImpl(Path path, Object rootDocument, Configuration configuration) {
         notNull(path, "path can not be null");
+        notNull(rootDocument, "rootDocument can not be null");
         notNull(configuration, "configuration can not be null");
         this.path = path;
+        this.rootDocument = rootDocument;
         this.configuration = configuration;
         this.valueResult = configuration.jsonProvider().createArray();
         this.pathResult = configuration.jsonProvider().createArray();
@@ -52,6 +55,11 @@ public class EvaluationContextImpl implements EvaluationContext {
         return configuration;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Object rootDocument() {
+        return rootDocument;
+    }
+
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @Override

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/compiler/PredicateContextImpl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.compiler;
+
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Predicate;
+
+public class PredicateContextImpl implements Predicate.PredicateContext {
+    private final Object contextDocument;
+    private final Object rootDocument;
+    private final Configuration configuration;
+
+    public PredicateContextImpl(Object contextDocument, Object rootDocument, Configuration configuration) {
+        this.contextDocument = contextDocument;
+        this.rootDocument = rootDocument;
+        this.configuration = configuration;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object contextDocument() {
+        return contextDocument;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object rootDocument() {
+        return rootDocument;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Configuration configuration() {
+        return configuration;
+    }
+
+}

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/compiler/PredicatePathToken.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class PredicatePathToken extends PathToken {
     @Override
     public void evaluate(String currentPath, Object model, EvaluationContextImpl ctx) {
         if (ctx.jsonProvider().isMap(model)) {
-            if (accept(model, ctx.configuration())) {
+            if (accept(model, ctx.rootDocument(), ctx.configuration())) {
                 if (isLeaf()) {
                     ctx.addResult(currentPath, model);
                 } else {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class PredicatePathToken extends PathToken {
             Iterable<?> objects = ctx.jsonProvider().toIterable(model);
 
             for (Object idxModel : objects) {
-                if (accept(idxModel, ctx.configuration())) {
+                if (accept(idxModel, ctx.rootDocument(),  ctx.configuration())) {
                     handleArrayIndex(idx, currentPath, model, ctx);
                 }
                 idx++;
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ public class PredicatePathToken extends PathToken {
         }
     }
 
-    public boolean accept(final Object obj, final Configuration configuration) {
-        Predicate.PredicateContext ctx = new PredicateContextImpl(obj, configuration);
+    public boolean accept(final Object obj, final Object root, final Configuration configuration) {
+        Predicate.PredicateContext ctx = new PredicateContextImpl(obj, root, configuration);
 
         for (Predicate predicate : predicates) {
             if (!predicate.apply (ctx)) {
@@ -79,23 +79,5 @@ public class PredicatePathToken extends PathToken {
     }
 
 
-    private static class PredicateContextImpl implements Predicate.PredicateContext {
-        private final Object obj;
-        private final Configuration configuration;
 
-        private PredicateContextImpl(Object obj, Configuration configuration) {
-            this.obj = obj;
-            this.configuration = configuration;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Object target() {
-            return obj;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Configuration configuration() {
-            return configuration;
-        }
-    }
 }

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/compiler/RootPathToken.java

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 /**
  *
  */
-public class RootPathToken extends PathToken /*implements Path*/ {
+public class RootPathToken extends PathToken {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RootPathToken.class);
 

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/compiler/ScanPathToken.java

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class ScanPathToken extends PathToken {
 
       @Override
       public boolean matches(Object model) {
-          return predicatePathToken.accept(model, ctx.configuration());
+          return predicatePathToken.accept(model, ctx.rootDocument(), ctx.configuration());
       }
     }
 

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/BaseTest.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.compiler.PredicateContextImpl;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.converter.DefaultConversionProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.json.GsonProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.converter.ConversionProvider;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public class BaseTest {
             "   \"boolean-property\" : true, \n" +
             "   \"null-property\" : null, \n" +
             "   \"int-small-property\" : 1, \n" +
+            "   \"max-price\" : 10, \n" +
             "   \"store\" : {\n" +
             "      \"book\" : [\n" +
             "         {\n" +
@@ -83,16 +85,6 @@ public class BaseTest {
             "}";
 
     public Predicate.PredicateContext createPredicateContext(final Object check) {
-        return new Predicate.PredicateContext() {
-            @Override
-            public Object target() {
-                return check;
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public Configuration configuration() {
-                return Configuration.defaultConfiguration();
-            }
-        };
+        return new PredicateContextImpl(check, check, Configuration.defaultConfiguration());
     }
 }

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java

@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
         Predicate p = new Predicate() {
             @Override
             public boolean apply(PredicateContext ctx) {
-                Map<String, Object> t = (Map<String, Object>) ctx.target();
+                Map<String, Object> t = (Map<String, Object>) ctx.contextDocument();
 
                 Object o = t.get("int-key");
 

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InlineFilterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.jayway.jsonpath;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class InlineFilterTest extends BaseTest {
+
+    private static ReadContext reader = JsonPath.parse(JSON_DOCUMENT);
+
+    @Test
+    public void root_context_can_be_referred_in_predicate() {
+        List<Double> prices = reader.read("store.book[?(@.display-price <= $.max-price)].display-price", List.class);
+
+        assertThat(prices).containsAll(asList(8.95D, 8.99D));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void multiple_context_object_can_be_refered() {
+
+        List all = reader.read("store.book[ ?(@.category == @.category) ]", List.class);
+        assertThat(all.size()).isEqualTo(4);
+
+        List all2 = reader.read("store.book[ ?(@.category == @['category']) ]", List.class);
+        assertThat(all2.size()).isEqualTo(4);
+
+        List all3 = reader.read("store.book[ ?(@ == @) ]", List.class);
+        assertThat(all3.size()).isEqualTo(4);
+
+        List none = reader.read("store.book[ ?(@.category != @.category) ]", List.class);
+        assertThat(none.size()).isEqualTo(0);
+
+        List none2 = reader.read("store.book[ ?(@.category != @) ]", List.class);
+        assertThat(none2.size()).isEqualTo(0);
+
+    }
+}

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/FilterTest.java

@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
         Predicate customFilter = new Predicate () {
             @Override
             public boolean apply(PredicateContext ctx) {
-                if (ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().getMapValue(ctx.target(), "name").equals("rootGrandChild_A")) {
+                if (ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().getMapValue(ctx.contextDocument(), "name").equals("rootGrandChild_A")) {
                     return true;
                 }
                 return false;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
         Predicate customFilter = new Predicate() {
             @Override
             public boolean apply(PredicateContext ctx) {
-                return 1 == (Integer)ctx.target();
+                return 1 == (Integer)ctx.contextDocument();
             }
         };
 

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class JsonPathTest extends BaseTest {
         assertEquals(JsonPath.read(itemsInStore, "$.[0].[0].author"), "Nigel Rees");
         assertEquals(JsonPath.read(itemsInStore, "$.[0][0].author"), "Nigel Rees");
         */
-        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$.store.*").evaluate(OBJ_DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
+        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$.store.*").evaluate(OBJ_DOCUMENT, OBJ_DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
 
         Assertions.assertThat(result).containsOnly(
                 "$['store']['bicycle']",

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/internal/ScanPathTokenTest.java

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class ScanPathTokenTest {
     @Test
     public void a_document_can_be_scanned_for_wildcard() {
 
-        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$..[*]").evaluate(DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
+        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$..[*]").evaluate(DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
 
         assertThat(result).containsOnly(
                 "$['store']",
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class ScanPathTokenTest {
     @Test
     public void a_document_can_be_scanned_for_wildcard2() {
 
-        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$.store.book[0]..*").evaluate(DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
+        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$.store.book[0]..*").evaluate(DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
 
         assertThat(result).containsOnly(
                 "$['store']['book'][0]['address']",
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class ScanPathTokenTest {
     @Test
     public void a_document_can_be_scanned_for_wildcard3() {
 
-        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$.phoneNumbers[0]..*").evaluate(DOCUMENT2, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
+        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$.phoneNumbers[0]..*").evaluate(DOCUMENT2, DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
 
         assertThat(result).containsOnly(
                 "$['phoneNumbers'][0]['number']",
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class ScanPathTokenTest {
     @Test
     public void a_document_can_be_scanned_for_predicate_match() {
 
-        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$..[?(@.address.city == 'Stockholm')]").evaluate(DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
+        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$..[?(@.address.city == 'Stockholm')]").evaluate(DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
 
         assertThat(result).containsOnly(
                 "$['store']['bicycle']",
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class ScanPathTokenTest {
     @Test
     public void a_document_can_be_scanned_for_existence() {
 
-        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$..[?(@.isbn)]").evaluate(DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
+        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$..[?(@.isbn)]").evaluate(DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
 
         assertThat(result).containsOnly(
                 "$['store']['book'][2]");
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class ScanPathTokenTest {
     @Test
     public void a_document_can_be_scanned_for_array_indexes() {
 
-        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$..[(@.length - 1)]").evaluate(DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
+        List<String> result = PathCompiler.compile("$..[(@.length - 1)]").evaluate(DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).getPathList();
 
         assertThat(result).containsOnly(
                 "$['store']['bicycle']['items'][5]",

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/internal/TestInternal3.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class TestInternal3 extends TestBase {
 
     @Test
     public void a_root_object_can_be_evaluated() {
-        Map<String, Object> result = compile("$").evaluate(DOC, CONF).getValue();
+        Map<String, Object> result = compile("$").evaluate(DOC, DOC, CONF).getValue();
 
         assertThat(result)
                 .containsKey("store")
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class TestInternal3 extends TestBase {
     @Test
     public void a_definite_array_item_property_can_be_evaluated() {
 
-        String result = compile("$.store.book[0].author").evaluate(DOC, CONF).getValue();
+        String result = compile("$.store.book[0].author").evaluate(DOC, DOC, CONF).getValue();
 
         assertThat(result).isEqualTo("Nigel Rees");
     }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class TestInternal3 extends TestBase {
     @Test
     public void a_wildcard_array_item_property_can_be_evaluated() {
 
-        List result = compile("$.store.book[*].author").evaluate(DOC, CONF).getValue();
+        List result = compile("$.store.book[*].author").evaluate(DOC, DOC, CONF).getValue();
 
         assertThat(result).containsOnly(
                 "Nigel Rees", "Evelyn Waugh", "Herman Melville", "J. R. R. Tolkien");