Merge "Improve 32K limit tests"
[cps.git] / cps-ri / src / main / java / org / onap / cps / spi / impl / CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java
index f924c70..f904e8b 100644 (file)
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /*
  *  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Nordix Foundation
+ *  Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Nordix Foundation
  *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Pantheon.tech
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Bell Canada.
+ *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Bell Canada.
+ *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2022-2023 TechMahindra Ltd.
  *  ================================================================================
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 
 package org.onap.cps.spi.impl;
 
-import static org.onap.cps.spi.FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder;
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import io.micrometer.core.annotation.Timed;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -41,9 +40,12 @@ import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import javax.transaction.Transactional;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.hibernate.StaleStateException;
 import org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.CpsPathQuery;
+import org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.CpsPathUtil;
+import org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.PathParsingException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsDataPersistenceService;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.FetchDescendantsOption;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.AnchorEntity;
@@ -51,94 +53,143 @@ import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.DataspaceEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.FragmentEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.AlreadyDefinedException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.ConcurrencyException;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.CpsAdminException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.CpsPathException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataNodeNotFoundException;
-import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataValidationException;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataNodeNotFoundExceptionBatch;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNode;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNodeBuilder;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.AnchorRepository;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.DataspaceRepository;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.FragmentRepository;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.utils.SessionManager;
+import org.onap.cps.utils.JsonObjectMapper;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 @Service
 @Slf4j
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl implements CpsDataPersistenceService {
 
-    private DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository;
-
-    private AnchorRepository anchorRepository;
-
-    private FragmentRepository fragmentRepository;
+    private final DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository;
+    private final AnchorRepository anchorRepository;
+    private final FragmentRepository fragmentRepository;
+    private final JsonObjectMapper jsonObjectMapper;
+    private final SessionManager sessionManager;
 
-    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+    private static final String REG_EX_FOR_OPTIONAL_LIST_INDEX = "(\\[@.+?])?)";
+    private static final String QUERY_ACROSS_ANCHORS = null;
+    private static final AnchorEntity ALL_ANCHORS = null;
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor.
-     *
-     * @param dataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository
-     * @param anchorRepository    anchorRepository
-     * @param fragmentRepository  fragmentRepository
-     */
-    public CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl(final DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository,
-        final AnchorRepository anchorRepository, final FragmentRepository fragmentRepository) {
-        this.dataspaceRepository = dataspaceRepository;
-        this.anchorRepository = anchorRepository;
-        this.fragmentRepository = fragmentRepository;
-        objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    @Override
+    public void addChildDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                                  final String parentNodeXpath, final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes) {
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+        addChildrenDataNodes(anchorEntity, parentNodeXpath, dataNodes);
     }
 
-    private static final Gson GSON = new GsonBuilder().create();
-    private static final String REG_EX_FOR_OPTIONAL_LIST_INDEX = "(\\[@[\\s\\S]+?]){0,1})";
-    private static final String REG_EX_FOR_LIST_NODE_KEY = "\\[(\\@([^/]*?)){0,99}( and)*\\]$";
+    @Override
+    public void addListElements(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentNodeXpath,
+                                final Collection<DataNode> newListElements) {
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+        addChildrenDataNodes(anchorEntity, parentNodeXpath, newListElements);
+    }
 
     @Override
-    public void addChildDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentXpath,
-        final DataNode dataNode) {
-        final FragmentEntity parentFragment = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentXpath);
-        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity =
-            toFragmentEntity(parentFragment.getDataspace(), parentFragment.getAnchor(), dataNode);
-        parentFragment.getChildFragments().add(fragmentEntity);
+    public void addMultipleLists(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentNodeXpath,
+                                 final Collection<Collection<DataNode>> newLists) {
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+        final Collection<String> failedXpaths = new HashSet<>();
+        for (final Collection<DataNode> newList : newLists) {
+            try {
+                addChildrenDataNodes(anchorEntity, parentNodeXpath, newList);
+            } catch (final AlreadyDefinedException alreadyDefinedException) {
+                failedXpaths.addAll(alreadyDefinedException.getAlreadyDefinedObjectNames());
+            }
+        }
+        if (!failedXpaths.isEmpty()) {
+            throw AlreadyDefinedException.forDataNodes(failedXpaths, anchorEntity.getName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void addNewChildDataNode(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity, final String parentNodeXpath,
+                                     final DataNode newChild) {
+        final FragmentEntity parentFragmentEntity = getFragmentEntity(anchorEntity, parentNodeXpath);
+        final FragmentEntity newChildAsFragmentEntity = convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(anchorEntity, newChild);
+        newChildAsFragmentEntity.setParentId(parentFragmentEntity.getId());
         try {
-            fragmentRepository.save(parentFragment);
-        } catch (final DataIntegrityViolationException exception) {
-            throw AlreadyDefinedException.forDataNode(dataNode.getXpath(), anchorName, exception);
+            fragmentRepository.save(newChildAsFragmentEntity);
+        } catch (final DataIntegrityViolationException dataIntegrityViolationException) {
+            throw AlreadyDefinedException.forDataNodes(Collections.singletonList(newChild.getXpath()),
+                    anchorEntity.getName());
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void addListDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentNodeXpath,
-        final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes) {
-        final FragmentEntity parentFragment = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
-        final List<FragmentEntity> newFragmentEntities =
-            dataNodes.stream().map(
-                dataNode -> toFragmentEntity(parentFragment.getDataspace(), parentFragment.getAnchor(), dataNode)
-            ).collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
-        parentFragment.getChildFragments().addAll(newFragmentEntities);
+    private void addChildrenDataNodes(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity, final String parentNodeXpath,
+                                      final Collection<DataNode> newChildren) {
+        final FragmentEntity parentFragmentEntity = getFragmentEntity(anchorEntity, parentNodeXpath);
+        final List<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities = new ArrayList<>(newChildren.size());
         try {
-            fragmentRepository.save(parentFragment);
-            dataNodes.forEach(
-                dataNode -> getChildFragments(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNode)
-            );
-        } catch (final DataIntegrityViolationException exception) {
-            final List<String> conflictXpaths = dataNodes.stream()
-                .map(DataNode::getXpath)
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
-            throw AlreadyDefinedException.forDataNodes(conflictXpaths, anchorName, exception);
+            for (final DataNode newChildAsDataNode : newChildren) {
+                final FragmentEntity newChildAsFragmentEntity =
+                    convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(anchorEntity, newChildAsDataNode);
+                newChildAsFragmentEntity.setParentId(parentFragmentEntity.getId());
+                fragmentEntities.add(newChildAsFragmentEntity);
+            }
+            fragmentRepository.saveAll(fragmentEntities);
+        } catch (final DataIntegrityViolationException dataIntegrityViolationException) {
+            log.warn("Exception occurred : {} , While saving : {} children, retrying using individual save operations",
+                    dataIntegrityViolationException, fragmentEntities.size());
+            retrySavingEachChildIndividually(anchorEntity, parentNodeXpath, newChildren);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void retrySavingEachChildIndividually(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity, final String parentNodeXpath,
+                                                  final Collection<DataNode> newChildren) {
+        final Collection<String> failedXpaths = new HashSet<>();
+        for (final DataNode newChild : newChildren) {
+            try {
+                addNewChildDataNode(anchorEntity, parentNodeXpath, newChild);
+            } catch (final AlreadyDefinedException alreadyDefinedException) {
+                failedXpaths.add(newChild.getXpath());
+            }
+        }
+        if (!failedXpaths.isEmpty()) {
+            throw AlreadyDefinedException.forDataNodes(failedXpaths, anchorEntity.getName());
         }
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void storeDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final DataNode dataNode) {
-        final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity = dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName);
-        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = anchorRepository.getByDataspaceAndName(dataspaceEntity, anchorName);
-        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(dataspaceEntity, anchorEntity,
-            dataNode);
+    public void storeDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                               final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes) {
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+        final List<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities = new ArrayList<>(dataNodes.size());
         try {
-            fragmentRepository.save(fragmentEntity);
+            for (final DataNode dataNode: dataNodes) {
+                final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(anchorEntity, dataNode);
+                fragmentEntities.add(fragmentEntity);
+            }
+            fragmentRepository.saveAll(fragmentEntities);
         } catch (final DataIntegrityViolationException exception) {
-            throw AlreadyDefinedException.forDataNode(dataNode.getXpath(), anchorName, exception);
+            log.warn("Exception occurred : {} , While saving : {} data nodes, Retrying saving data nodes individually",
+                    exception, dataNodes.size());
+            storeDataNodesIndividually(anchorEntity, dataNodes);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void storeDataNodesIndividually(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity, final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes) {
+        final Collection<String> failedXpaths = new HashSet<>();
+        for (final DataNode dataNode: dataNodes) {
+            try {
+                final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(anchorEntity, dataNode);
+                fragmentRepository.save(fragmentEntity);
+            } catch (final DataIntegrityViolationException dataIntegrityViolationException) {
+                failedXpaths.add(dataNode.getXpath());
+            }
+        }
+        if (!failedXpaths.isEmpty()) {
+            throw AlreadyDefinedException.forDataNodes(failedXpaths, anchorEntity.getName());
         }
     }
 
@@ -146,94 +197,191 @@ public class CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl implements CpsDataPersistenceService
      * Convert DataNode object into Fragment and places the result in the fragments placeholder. Performs same action
      * for all DataNode children recursively.
      *
-     * @param dataspaceEntity       dataspace
      * @param anchorEntity          anchorEntity
      * @param dataNodeToBeConverted dataNode
      * @return a Fragment built from current DataNode
      */
-    private static FragmentEntity convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity,
-        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity, final DataNode dataNodeToBeConverted) {
-        final FragmentEntity parentFragment = toFragmentEntity(dataspaceEntity, anchorEntity, dataNodeToBeConverted);
+    private FragmentEntity convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity,
+                                                               final DataNode dataNodeToBeConverted) {
+        final FragmentEntity parentFragment = toFragmentEntity(anchorEntity, dataNodeToBeConverted);
         final Builder<FragmentEntity> childFragmentsImmutableSetBuilder = ImmutableSet.builder();
         for (final DataNode childDataNode : dataNodeToBeConverted.getChildDataNodes()) {
-            final FragmentEntity childFragment =
-                convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(parentFragment.getDataspace(), parentFragment.getAnchor(),
-                    childDataNode);
+            final FragmentEntity childFragment = convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(anchorEntity, childDataNode);
             childFragmentsImmutableSetBuilder.add(childFragment);
         }
         parentFragment.setChildFragments(childFragmentsImmutableSetBuilder.build());
         return parentFragment;
     }
 
-    private void getChildFragments(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final DataNode dataNode) {
-        for (final DataNode childDataNode: dataNode.getChildDataNodes()) {
-            final FragmentEntity getChildsParentFragmentByXPath =
-                getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNode.getXpath());
-            final FragmentEntity childFragmentEntity = toFragmentEntity(getChildsParentFragmentByXPath.getDataspace(),
-                getChildsParentFragmentByXPath.getAnchor(), childDataNode);
-            getChildsParentFragmentByXPath.getChildFragments().add(childFragmentEntity);
-            fragmentRepository.save(getChildsParentFragmentByXPath);
-        }
+    private FragmentEntity toFragmentEntity(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity, final DataNode dataNode) {
+        return FragmentEntity.builder()
+                .anchor(anchorEntity)
+                .xpath(dataNode.getXpath())
+                .attributes(jsonObjectMapper.asJsonString(dataNode.getLeaves()))
+                .build();
     }
 
-    private static FragmentEntity toFragmentEntity(final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity,
-        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity, final DataNode dataNode) {
-        return FragmentEntity.builder()
-            .dataspace(dataspaceEntity)
-            .anchor(anchorEntity)
-            .xpath(dataNode.getXpath())
-            .attributes(GSON.toJson(dataNode.getLeaves()))
-            .build();
+    @Override
+    @Timed(value = "cps.data.persistence.service.datanode.get",
+            description = "Time taken to get a data node")
+    public Collection<DataNode> getDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                                             final String xpath,
+                                             final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
+        final String targetXpath = getNormalizedXpath(xpath);
+        final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes = getDataNodesForMultipleXpaths(dataspaceName, anchorName,
+                Collections.singletonList(targetXpath), fetchDescendantsOption);
+        if (dataNodes.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new DataNodeNotFoundException(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpath);
+        }
+        return dataNodes;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DataNode getDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String xpath,
-        final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
-        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpath);
-        return toDataNode(fragmentEntity, fetchDescendantsOption);
+    @Timed(value = "cps.data.persistence.service.datanode.batch.get",
+            description = "Time taken to get data nodes")
+    public Collection<DataNode> getDataNodesForMultipleXpaths(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                                                              final Collection<String> xpaths,
+                                                              final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+        Collection<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities = getFragmentEntities(anchorEntity, xpaths);
+        fragmentEntities = fragmentRepository.prefetchDescendantsOfFragmentEntities(fetchDescendantsOption,
+                fragmentEntities);
+        return createDataNodesFromFragmentEntities(fetchDescendantsOption, fragmentEntities);
     }
 
-    private FragmentEntity getFragmentByXpath(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
-        final String xpath) {
-        final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity = dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName);
-        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = anchorRepository.getByDataspaceAndName(dataspaceEntity, anchorName);
+    private Collection<FragmentEntity> getFragmentEntities(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity,
+                                                           final Collection<String> xpaths) {
+        final Collection<String> normalizedXpaths = getNormalizedXpaths(xpaths);
+
+        final boolean haveRootXpath = normalizedXpaths.removeIf(CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl::isRootXpath);
+
+        final List<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities = fragmentRepository.findByAnchorAndXpathIn(anchorEntity,
+                normalizedXpaths);
+
+        for (final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity : fragmentEntities) {
+            normalizedXpaths.remove(fragmentEntity.getXpath());
+        }
+
+        for (final String xpath : normalizedXpaths) {
+            if (!CpsPathUtil.isPathToListElement(xpath)) {
+                fragmentEntities.addAll(fragmentRepository.findListByAnchorAndXpath(anchorEntity, xpath));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (haveRootXpath) {
+            fragmentEntities.addAll(fragmentRepository.findRootsByAnchorId(anchorEntity.getId()));
+        }
+
+        return fragmentEntities;
+    }
+
+    private FragmentEntity getFragmentEntity(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity, final String xpath) {
+        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity;
         if (isRootXpath(xpath)) {
-            return fragmentRepository.findFirstRootByDataspaceAndAnchor(dataspaceEntity, anchorEntity);
+            fragmentEntity = fragmentRepository.findOneByAnchorId(anchorEntity.getId()).orElse(null);
         } else {
-            return fragmentRepository.getByDataspaceAndAnchorAndXpath(dataspaceEntity, anchorEntity,
-                xpath);
+            fragmentEntity = fragmentRepository.getByAnchorAndXpath(anchorEntity, getNormalizedXpath(xpath));
         }
+        if (fragmentEntity == null) {
+            throw new DataNodeNotFoundException(anchorEntity.getDataspace().getName(), anchorEntity.getName(), xpath);
+        }
+        return fragmentEntity;
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Timed(value = "cps.data.persistence.service.datanode.query",
+            description = "Time taken to query data nodes")
     public List<DataNode> queryDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String cpsPath,
-        final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
+                                         final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
         final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity = dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName);
-        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = anchorRepository.getByDataspaceAndName(dataspaceEntity, anchorName);
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = Strings.isNullOrEmpty(anchorName) ? ALL_ANCHORS
+            : anchorRepository.getByDataspaceAndName(dataspaceEntity, anchorName);
         final CpsPathQuery cpsPathQuery;
         try {
-            cpsPathQuery = CpsPathQuery.createFrom(cpsPath);
-        } catch (final IllegalStateException e) {
-            throw new CpsPathException(e.getMessage());
+            cpsPathQuery = CpsPathUtil.getCpsPathQuery(cpsPath);
+        } catch (final PathParsingException pathParsingException) {
+            throw new CpsPathException(pathParsingException.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        Collection<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities;
+        if (anchorEntity == ALL_ANCHORS) {
+            fragmentEntities = fragmentRepository.findByDataspaceAndCpsPath(dataspaceEntity, cpsPathQuery);
+        } else {
+            fragmentEntities = fragmentRepository.findByAnchorAndCpsPath(anchorEntity, cpsPathQuery);
         }
-        List<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities =
-            fragmentRepository.findByAnchorAndCpsPath(anchorEntity.getId(), cpsPathQuery);
         if (cpsPathQuery.hasAncestorAxis()) {
-            final Set<String> ancestorXpaths = processAncestorXpath(fragmentEntities, cpsPathQuery);
-            fragmentEntities = ancestorXpaths.isEmpty()
-                ? Collections.emptyList() : fragmentRepository.findAllByAnchorAndXpathIn(anchorEntity, ancestorXpaths);
+            final Collection<String> ancestorXpaths = processAncestorXpath(fragmentEntities, cpsPathQuery);
+            if (anchorEntity == ALL_ANCHORS) {
+                fragmentEntities = fragmentRepository.findByDataspaceAndXpathIn(dataspaceEntity, ancestorXpaths);
+            } else {
+                fragmentEntities = fragmentRepository.findByAnchorAndXpathIn(anchorEntity, ancestorXpaths);
+            }
         }
-        return fragmentEntities.stream()
-            .map(fragmentEntity -> toDataNode(fragmentEntity, fetchDescendantsOption))
-            .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
+        fragmentEntities = fragmentRepository.prefetchDescendantsOfFragmentEntities(fetchDescendantsOption,
+                fragmentEntities);
+        return createDataNodesFromFragmentEntities(fetchDescendantsOption, fragmentEntities);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<DataNode> queryDataNodesAcrossAnchors(final String dataspaceName, final String cpsPath,
+                                                      final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
+        return queryDataNodes(dataspaceName, QUERY_ACROSS_ANCHORS, cpsPath, fetchDescendantsOption);
+    }
+
+    private List<DataNode> createDataNodesFromFragmentEntities(final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption,
+                                                               final Collection<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities) {
+        final List<DataNode> dataNodes = new ArrayList<>(fragmentEntities.size());
+        for (final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity : fragmentEntities) {
+            dataNodes.add(toDataNode(fragmentEntity, fetchDescendantsOption));
+        }
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(dataNodes);
+    }
+
+    private static String getNormalizedXpath(final String xpathSource) {
+        if (isRootXpath(xpathSource)) {
+            return xpathSource;
+        }
+        try {
+            return CpsPathUtil.getNormalizedXpath(xpathSource);
+        } catch (final PathParsingException pathParsingException) {
+            throw new CpsPathException(pathParsingException.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Collection<String> getNormalizedXpaths(final Collection<String> xpaths) {
+        final Collection<String> normalizedXpaths = new HashSet<>(xpaths.size());
+        for (final String xpath : xpaths) {
+            try {
+                normalizedXpaths.add(getNormalizedXpath(xpath));
+            } catch (final CpsPathException cpsPathException) {
+                log.warn("Error parsing xpath \"{}\": {}", xpath, cpsPathException.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+        return normalizedXpaths;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String startSession() {
+        return sessionManager.startSession();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void closeSession(final String sessionId) {
+        sessionManager.closeSession(sessionId, SessionManager.WITH_COMMIT);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void lockAnchor(final String sessionId, final String dataspaceName,
+                           final String anchorName, final Long timeoutInMilliseconds) {
+        sessionManager.lockAnchor(sessionId, dataspaceName, anchorName, timeoutInMilliseconds);
     }
 
-    private static Set<String> processAncestorXpath(final List<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities,
-        final CpsPathQuery cpsPathQuery) {
+    private static Set<String> processAncestorXpath(final Collection<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities,
+                                                    final CpsPathQuery cpsPathQuery) {
         final Set<String> ancestorXpath = new HashSet<>();
         final Pattern pattern =
-            Pattern.compile("([\\s\\S]*\\/" + Pattern.quote(cpsPathQuery.getAncestorSchemaNodeIdentifier())
-                + REG_EX_FOR_OPTIONAL_LIST_INDEX + "\\/[\\s\\S]*");
+                Pattern.compile("(.*/" + Pattern.quote(cpsPathQuery.getAncestorSchemaNodeIdentifier())
+                        + REG_EX_FOR_OPTIONAL_LIST_INDEX + "/.*");
         for (final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity : fragmentEntities) {
             final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(fragmentEntity.getXpath());
             if (matcher.matches()) {
@@ -244,184 +392,285 @@ public class CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl implements CpsDataPersistenceService
     }
 
     private DataNode toDataNode(final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity,
-        final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
+                                final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
         final List<DataNode> childDataNodes = getChildDataNodes(fragmentEntity, fetchDescendantsOption);
-        Map<String, Object> leaves = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, Serializable> leaves = new HashMap<>();
         if (fragmentEntity.getAttributes() != null) {
-            try {
-                leaves = objectMapper.readValue(fragmentEntity.getAttributes(), Map.class);
-            } catch (final JsonProcessingException jsonProcessingException) {
-                final String message = "Parsing error occurred while processing fragmentEntity attributes.";
-                log.error(message);
-                throw new DataValidationException(message,
-                    jsonProcessingException.getMessage(), jsonProcessingException);
-            }
+            leaves = jsonObjectMapper.convertJsonString(fragmentEntity.getAttributes(), Map.class);
         }
         return new DataNodeBuilder()
-            .withXpath(fragmentEntity.getXpath())
-            .withLeaves(leaves)
-            .withChildDataNodes(childDataNodes).build();
+                .withXpath(fragmentEntity.getXpath())
+                .withLeaves(leaves)
+                .withDataspace(fragmentEntity.getAnchor().getDataspace().getName())
+                .withAnchor(fragmentEntity.getAnchor().getName())
+                .withChildDataNodes(childDataNodes).build();
     }
 
     private List<DataNode> getChildDataNodes(final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity,
-        final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
-        if (fetchDescendantsOption == INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS) {
+                                             final FetchDescendantsOption fetchDescendantsOption) {
+        if (fetchDescendantsOption.hasNext()) {
             return fragmentEntity.getChildFragments().stream()
-                .map(childFragmentEntity -> toDataNode(childFragmentEntity, fetchDescendantsOption))
-                .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
+                    .map(childFragmentEntity -> toDataNode(childFragmentEntity, fetchDescendantsOption.next()))
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
         }
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void updateDataLeaves(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String xpath,
-        final Map<String, Object> leaves) {
-        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpath);
-        fragmentEntity.setAttributes(GSON.toJson(leaves));
-        fragmentRepository.save(fragmentEntity);
+    public void batchUpdateDataLeaves(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                                        final Map<String, Map<String, Serializable>> updatedLeavesPerXPath) {
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+
+        final Collection<String> xpathsOfUpdatedLeaves = updatedLeavesPerXPath.keySet();
+        final Collection<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities = getFragmentEntities(anchorEntity, xpathsOfUpdatedLeaves);
+
+        for (final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity : fragmentEntities) {
+            final Map<String, Serializable> updatedLeaves = updatedLeavesPerXPath.get(fragmentEntity.getXpath());
+            final String mergedLeaves = mergeLeaves(updatedLeaves, fragmentEntity.getAttributes());
+            fragmentEntity.setAttributes(mergedLeaves);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            fragmentRepository.saveAll(fragmentEntities);
+        } catch (final StaleStateException staleStateException) {
+            retryUpdateDataNodesIndividually(anchorEntity, fragmentEntities);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void replaceDataNodeTree(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final DataNode dataNode) {
-        final FragmentEntity fragmentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNode.getXpath());
-        replaceDataNodeTree(fragmentEntity, dataNode);
+    public void updateDataNodesAndDescendants(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                                              final Collection<DataNode> updatedDataNodes) {
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+
+        final Map<String, DataNode> xpathToUpdatedDataNode = updatedDataNodes.stream()
+            .collect(Collectors.toMap(DataNode::getXpath, dataNode -> dataNode));
+
+        final Collection<String> xpaths = xpathToUpdatedDataNode.keySet();
+        Collection<FragmentEntity> existingFragmentEntities = getFragmentEntities(anchorEntity, xpaths);
+        existingFragmentEntities = fragmentRepository.prefetchDescendantsOfFragmentEntities(
+                FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS, existingFragmentEntities);
+
+        for (final FragmentEntity existingFragmentEntity : existingFragmentEntities) {
+            final DataNode updatedDataNode = xpathToUpdatedDataNode.get(existingFragmentEntity.getXpath());
+            updateFragmentEntityAndDescendantsWithDataNode(existingFragmentEntity, updatedDataNode);
+        }
+
         try {
-            fragmentRepository.save(fragmentEntity);
+            fragmentRepository.saveAll(existingFragmentEntities);
         } catch (final StaleStateException staleStateException) {
-            throw new ConcurrencyException("Concurrent Transactions",
-                String.format("dataspace :'%s', Anchor : '%s' and xpath: '%s' is updated by another transaction.",
-                    dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNode.getXpath()),
-                staleStateException);
+            retryUpdateDataNodesIndividually(anchorEntity, existingFragmentEntities);
         }
     }
 
-    private static void replaceDataNodeTree(final FragmentEntity existingFragmentEntity,
-                                            final DataNode submittedDataNode) {
-
-        existingFragmentEntity.setAttributes(GSON.toJson(submittedDataNode.getLeaves()));
+    private void retryUpdateDataNodesIndividually(final AnchorEntity anchorEntity,
+                                                  final Collection<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities) {
+        final Collection<String> failedXpaths = new HashSet<>();
+        for (final FragmentEntity dataNodeFragment : fragmentEntities) {
+            try {
+                fragmentRepository.save(dataNodeFragment);
+            } catch (final StaleStateException staleStateException) {
+                failedXpaths.add(dataNodeFragment.getXpath());
+            }
+        }
+        if (!failedXpaths.isEmpty()) {
+            final String failedXpathsConcatenated = String.join(",", failedXpaths);
+            throw new ConcurrencyException("Concurrent Transactions", String.format(
+                    "DataNodes : %s in Dataspace :'%s' with Anchor : '%s'  are updated by another transaction.",
+                    failedXpathsConcatenated, anchorEntity.getDataspace().getName(), anchorEntity.getName()));
+        }
+    }
 
-        final Map<String, FragmentEntity> existingChildrenByXpath = existingFragmentEntity.getChildFragments()
-            .stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(FragmentEntity::getXpath, childFragmentEntity -> childFragmentEntity));
+    private void updateFragmentEntityAndDescendantsWithDataNode(final FragmentEntity existingFragmentEntity,
+                                                                final DataNode newDataNode) {
+        existingFragmentEntity.setAttributes(jsonObjectMapper.asJsonString(newDataNode.getLeaves()));
 
-        final Collection updatedChildFragments = new HashSet<FragmentEntity>();
+        final Map<String, FragmentEntity> existingChildrenByXpath = existingFragmentEntity.getChildFragments().stream()
+                .collect(Collectors.toMap(FragmentEntity::getXpath, childFragmentEntity -> childFragmentEntity));
 
-        for (final DataNode submittedChildDataNode : submittedDataNode.getChildDataNodes()) {
+        final Collection<FragmentEntity> updatedChildFragments = new HashSet<>();
+        for (final DataNode newDataNodeChild : newDataNode.getChildDataNodes()) {
             final FragmentEntity childFragment;
-            if (isNewDataNode(submittedChildDataNode, existingChildrenByXpath)) {
-                childFragment = convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(
-                    existingFragmentEntity.getDataspace(), existingFragmentEntity.getAnchor(), submittedChildDataNode);
+            if (isNewDataNode(newDataNodeChild, existingChildrenByXpath)) {
+                childFragment = convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(existingFragmentEntity.getAnchor(),
+                    newDataNodeChild);
             } else {
-                childFragment = existingChildrenByXpath.get(submittedChildDataNode.getXpath());
-                replaceDataNodeTree(childFragment, submittedChildDataNode);
+                childFragment = existingChildrenByXpath.get(newDataNodeChild.getXpath());
+                updateFragmentEntityAndDescendantsWithDataNode(childFragment, newDataNodeChild);
             }
             updatedChildFragments.add(childFragment);
         }
+
         existingFragmentEntity.getChildFragments().clear();
         existingFragmentEntity.getChildFragments().addAll(updatedChildFragments);
     }
 
     @Override
     @Transactional
-    public void replaceListDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentNodeXpath,
-                                     final Collection<DataNode> replacementDataNodes) {
-        final FragmentEntity parentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
-        final String listNodeXpathPrefix = getListNodeXpathPrefix(replacementDataNodes);
+    public void replaceListContent(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentNodeXpath,
+                                   final Collection<DataNode> newListElements) {
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+        final FragmentEntity parentEntity = getFragmentEntity(anchorEntity, parentNodeXpath);
+        final String listElementXpathPrefix = getListElementXpathPrefix(newListElements);
         final Map<String, FragmentEntity> existingListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath =
-            extractListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath(parentEntity.getChildFragments(), listNodeXpathPrefix);
-        removeExistingListElements(parentEntity.getChildFragments(), existingListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath);
+                extractListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath(parentEntity.getChildFragments(), listElementXpathPrefix);
+        parentEntity.getChildFragments().removeAll(existingListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath.values());
         final Set<FragmentEntity> updatedChildFragmentEntities = new HashSet<>();
-        for (final DataNode replacementDataNode : replacementDataNodes) {
-            final FragmentEntity existingListNodeElementEntity =
-                existingListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath.get(replacementDataNode.getXpath());
-            final FragmentEntity entityToBeAdded = getFragmentForReplacement(parentEntity, replacementDataNode,
-                existingListNodeElementEntity);
-
+        for (final DataNode newListElement : newListElements) {
+            final FragmentEntity existingListElementEntity =
+                    existingListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath.get(newListElement.getXpath());
+            final FragmentEntity entityToBeAdded = getFragmentForReplacement(parentEntity, newListElement,
+                    existingListElementEntity);
             updatedChildFragmentEntities.add(entityToBeAdded);
         }
         parentEntity.getChildFragments().addAll(updatedChildFragmentEntities);
         fragmentRepository.save(parentEntity);
     }
 
-    private static void removeExistingListElements(
-        final Collection<FragmentEntity> fragmentEntities,
-        final Map<String, FragmentEntity> existingListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath) {
-        fragmentEntities.removeAll(existingListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath.values());
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void deleteDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName) {
+        final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity = dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName);
+        anchorRepository.findByDataspaceAndName(dataspaceEntity, anchorName)
+            .ifPresent(anchorEntity -> fragmentRepository.deleteByAnchorIn(Collections.singletonList(anchorEntity)));
     }
 
-    private static String getListNodeXpathPrefix(final Collection<DataNode> replacementDataNodes) {
-        final String firstChildNodeXpath = replacementDataNodes.iterator().next().getXpath();
-        return firstChildNodeXpath.substring(0, firstChildNodeXpath.lastIndexOf("[") + 1);
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void deleteDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final Collection<String> anchorNames) {
+        final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity = dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName);
+        final Collection<AnchorEntity> anchorEntities =
+            anchorRepository.findAllByDataspaceAndNameIn(dataspaceEntity, anchorNames);
+        fragmentRepository.deleteByAnchorIn(anchorEntities);
     }
 
-    private static FragmentEntity getFragmentForReplacement(final FragmentEntity parentEntity,
-                                                            final DataNode replacementDataNode,
-                                                            final FragmentEntity existingListNodeElementEntity) {
-        if (existingListNodeElementEntity == null) {
-            return convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(
-                parentEntity.getDataspace(), parentEntity.getAnchor(), replacementDataNode);
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void deleteDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                                final Collection<String> xpathsToDelete) {
+        deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpathsToDelete, false);
+    }
+
+    private void deleteDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                                 final Collection<String> xpathsToDelete, final boolean onlySupportListDeletion) {
+        final boolean haveRootXpath = xpathsToDelete.stream().anyMatch(CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl::isRootXpath);
+        if (haveRootXpath) {
+            deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final AnchorEntity anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
+
+        final Collection<String> deleteChecklist = getNormalizedXpaths(xpathsToDelete);
+        final Collection<String> xpathsToExistingContainers =
+            fragmentRepository.findAllXpathByAnchorAndXpathIn(anchorEntity, deleteChecklist);
+        if (onlySupportListDeletion) {
+            final Collection<String> xpathsToExistingListElements = xpathsToExistingContainers.stream()
+                .filter(CpsPathUtil::isPathToListElement).collect(Collectors.toList());
+            deleteChecklist.removeAll(xpathsToExistingListElements);
+        } else {
+            deleteChecklist.removeAll(xpathsToExistingContainers);
+        }
+
+        final Collection<String> xpathsToExistingLists = deleteChecklist.stream()
+            .filter(xpath -> fragmentRepository.existsByAnchorAndXpathStartsWith(anchorEntity, xpath + "["))
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        deleteChecklist.removeAll(xpathsToExistingLists);
+
+        if (!deleteChecklist.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new DataNodeNotFoundExceptionBatch(dataspaceName, anchorName, deleteChecklist);
+        }
+
+        fragmentRepository.deleteByAnchorIdAndXpaths(anchorEntity.getId(), xpathsToExistingContainers);
+        fragmentRepository.deleteListsByAnchorIdAndXpaths(anchorEntity.getId(), xpathsToExistingLists);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void deleteListDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
+                                   final String targetXpath) {
+        deleteDataNode(dataspaceName, anchorName, targetXpath, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void deleteDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String targetXpath) {
+        deleteDataNode(dataspaceName, anchorName, targetXpath, false);
+    }
+
+    private void deleteDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String targetXpath,
+                                final boolean onlySupportListNodeDeletion) {
+        final String normalizedXpath = getNormalizedXpath(targetXpath);
+        try {
+            deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, Collections.singletonList(normalizedXpath),
+                onlySupportListNodeDeletion);
+        } catch (final DataNodeNotFoundExceptionBatch dataNodeNotFoundExceptionBatch) {
+            throw new DataNodeNotFoundException(dataspaceName, anchorName, targetXpath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String getListElementXpathPrefix(final Collection<DataNode> newListElements) {
+        if (newListElements.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new CpsAdminException("Invalid list replacement",
+                    "Cannot replace list elements with empty collection");
         }
-        if (replacementDataNode.getChildDataNodes().isEmpty()) {
-            copyAttributesFromReplacementDataNode(existingListNodeElementEntity, replacementDataNode);
-            existingListNodeElementEntity.getChildFragments().clear();
+        final String firstChildNodeXpath = newListElements.iterator().next().getXpath();
+        return firstChildNodeXpath.substring(0, firstChildNodeXpath.lastIndexOf('[') + 1);
+    }
+
+    private FragmentEntity getFragmentForReplacement(final FragmentEntity parentEntity,
+                                                     final DataNode newListElement,
+                                                     final FragmentEntity existingListElementEntity) {
+        if (existingListElementEntity == null) {
+            return convertToFragmentWithAllDescendants(parentEntity.getAnchor(), newListElement);
+        }
+        if (newListElement.getChildDataNodes().isEmpty()) {
+            copyAttributesFromNewListElement(existingListElementEntity, newListElement);
+            existingListElementEntity.getChildFragments().clear();
         } else {
-            replaceDataNodeTree(existingListNodeElementEntity, replacementDataNode);
+            updateFragmentEntityAndDescendantsWithDataNode(existingListElementEntity, newListElement);
         }
-        return existingListNodeElementEntity;
+        return existingListElementEntity;
     }
 
     private static boolean isNewDataNode(final DataNode replacementDataNode,
-                                         final Map<String, FragmentEntity> existingListNodeElementsByXpath) {
-        return !existingListNodeElementsByXpath.containsKey(replacementDataNode.getXpath());
+                                         final Map<String, FragmentEntity> existingListElementsByXpath) {
+        return !existingListElementsByXpath.containsKey(replacementDataNode.getXpath());
     }
 
-    private static void copyAttributesFromReplacementDataNode(final FragmentEntity existingListNodeElementEntity,
-                                                              final DataNode replacementDataNode) {
+    private void copyAttributesFromNewListElement(final FragmentEntity existingListElementEntity,
+                                                  final DataNode newListElement) {
         final FragmentEntity replacementFragmentEntity =
-            FragmentEntity.builder().attributes(GSON.toJson(replacementDataNode.getLeaves())).build();
-        existingListNodeElementEntity.setAttributes(replacementFragmentEntity.getAttributes());
+                FragmentEntity.builder().attributes(jsonObjectMapper.asJsonString(
+                        newListElement.getLeaves())).build();
+        existingListElementEntity.setAttributes(replacementFragmentEntity.getAttributes());
     }
 
     private static Map<String, FragmentEntity> extractListElementFragmentEntitiesByXPath(
-        final Set<FragmentEntity> childEntities, final String listNodeXpathPrefix) {
+            final Set<FragmentEntity> childEntities, final String listElementXpathPrefix) {
         return childEntities.stream()
-            .filter(fragmentEntity -> fragmentEntity.getXpath().startsWith(listNodeXpathPrefix))
-            .collect(Collectors.toMap(FragmentEntity::getXpath, fragmentEntity -> fragmentEntity));
+                .filter(fragmentEntity -> fragmentEntity.getXpath().startsWith(listElementXpathPrefix))
+                .collect(Collectors.toMap(FragmentEntity::getXpath, fragmentEntity -> fragmentEntity));
     }
 
-    @Override
-    @Transactional
-    public void deleteListDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String listNodeXpath) {
-        final String parentNodeXpath = listNodeXpath.substring(0, listNodeXpath.lastIndexOf('/'));
-        final FragmentEntity parentEntity = getFragmentByXpath(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath);
-        final String descendantNode = listNodeXpath.substring(listNodeXpath.lastIndexOf('/'));
-        final Matcher descendantNodeHasListNodeKey = Pattern.compile(REG_EX_FOR_LIST_NODE_KEY).matcher(descendantNode);
-
-        final boolean xpathPointsToAValidChildNodeWithKey = parentEntity.getChildFragments().stream().anyMatch(
-            fragment -> fragment.getXpath().equals(listNodeXpath));
-
-        final boolean xpathPointsToAValidChildNodeWithoutKey = parentEntity.getChildFragments().stream().anyMatch(
-            fragment -> fragment.getXpath().replaceAll(REG_EX_FOR_LIST_NODE_KEY, "").equals(listNodeXpath));
-
-        if ((descendantNodeHasListNodeKey.find() && xpathPointsToAValidChildNodeWithKey)
-            ||
-            (!descendantNodeHasListNodeKey.find() && xpathPointsToAValidChildNodeWithoutKey)) {
-            removeListNodeDescendants(parentEntity, listNodeXpath);
-        } else {
-            throw new DataNodeNotFoundException(parentEntity.getDataspace().getName(),
-                parentEntity.getAnchor().getName(), listNodeXpath);
-        }
+    private static boolean isRootXpath(final String xpath) {
+        return "/".equals(xpath) || "".equals(xpath);
     }
 
-    private void removeListNodeDescendants(final FragmentEntity parentFragmentEntity, final String listNodeXpath) {
-        final Matcher descendantNodeHasListNodeKey = Pattern.compile(REG_EX_FOR_LIST_NODE_KEY).matcher(listNodeXpath);
-        final String listNodeXpathPrefix = listNodeXpath + (descendantNodeHasListNodeKey.find() ? "" : "[");
-        if (parentFragmentEntity.getChildFragments()
-            .removeIf(fragment -> fragment.getXpath().startsWith(listNodeXpathPrefix))) {
-            fragmentRepository.save(parentFragmentEntity);
+    private String mergeLeaves(final Map<String, Serializable> updateLeaves, final String currentLeavesAsString) {
+        Map<String, Serializable> currentLeavesAsMap = new HashMap<>();
+        if (currentLeavesAsString != null) {
+            currentLeavesAsMap = jsonObjectMapper.convertJsonString(currentLeavesAsString, Map.class);
+            currentLeavesAsMap.putAll(updateLeaves);
         }
+
+        if (currentLeavesAsMap.isEmpty()) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return jsonObjectMapper.asJsonString(currentLeavesAsMap);
     }
 
-    private static boolean isRootXpath(final String xpath) {
-        return "/".equals(xpath) || "".equals(xpath);
+    private AnchorEntity getAnchorEntity(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName) {
+        final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity = dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName);
+        return anchorRepository.getByDataspaceAndName(dataspaceEntity, anchorName);
     }
 }