From 57c58303d5d9dc9f9fc5729b3a7bf17939a7d74b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cleydyr Albuquerque <cleydyr@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 13:11:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] improve performance using binary search

---
 xpath.js | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xpath.js b/xpath.js
index d58a4b8..b7f0522 100644
--- a/xpath.js
+++ b/xpath.js
@@ -2980,6 +2980,22 @@ var xpath = (typeof exports === 'undefined') ? {} : exports;
         }
     };
 
+    function compare(n1, n2) {
+      if (n1.lineNumber < n2.lineNumber) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+
+      if (n1.lineNumber > n2.lineNumber) {
+        return 1;
+      }
+
+      if (n1.columnNumber < n2.columnNumber) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+
+      return 1;
+    }
+
     function nodeOrder(n1, n2) {
         if (n1 === n2) {
             return 0;
@@ -3056,14 +3072,38 @@ var xpath = (typeof exports === 'undefined') ? {} : exports;
         if (n1Par) {
             var cn = n1isAttr ? n1Par.attributes : n1Par.childNodes,
                 len = cn.length;
-            for (var i = 0; i < len; i += 1) {
-                var n = cn[i];
-                if (n === n1) {
-                    return -1;
-                }
-                if (n === n2) {
-                    return 1;
-                }
+
+            var start = 0;
+            var end = len - 1;
+
+            while (start <= end) {
+              var mid = Math.floor(start + (end - start)/2);
+
+              var midNode = cn[mid];
+
+              var fn1 = compare(n1, midNode);
+              var fn2 = compare(n2, midNode);
+
+              if (fn1 == 0) {
+                return -fn2;
+              }
+
+              if (fn2 == 0) {
+                return fn1;
+              }
+
+              if (fn1 < 0 && fn2 < 0) {
+                end = mid - 1;
+              }
+              else if (fn1 > 0  && fn2 > 0) {
+                start = mid + 1;
+              }
+              else if (fn1 < 0) {
+                return -1;
+              }
+              else {
+                return 1;
+              }
             }
         }
 

From 51b676b62cfe4855d3084d2076838358449b092a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cleydyr Albuquerque <cleydyr@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 13:18:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] apply binary search to add method as well

---
 xpath.js | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xpath.js b/xpath.js
index b7f0522..256649b 100644
--- a/xpath.js
+++ b/xpath.js
@@ -3251,11 +3251,35 @@ var xpath = (typeof exports === 'undefined') ? {} : exports;
         return p.node;
     };
 
+    XNodeSet.prototype.contains = function(n) {
+      if (this.nodes.length == 0) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      var start = 0;
+      var end = this.nodes.length - 1;
+
+      while (start <= end) {
+        var mid = Math.floor(start + (end - start)/2);
+
+        var midNode = this.nodes[mid];
+
+        if (n === midNode) {
+          return true;
+        }
+
+        if (compare(n, midNode) < 0) {
+          end = mid - 1;
+        }
+        else {
+          start = mid + 1;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
     XNodeSet.prototype.add = function (n) {
-        for (var i = 0; i < this.nodes.length; i += 1) {
-            if (n === this.nodes[i]) {
-                return;
-            }
+        if (this.contains(n)) {
+          return;
         }
 
         this.tree = null;