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org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser
Class AbstractPathExpression

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
      extended by org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractPathExpression
All Implemented Interfaces:
Expression
Direct Known Subclasses:
CollectionValuedPathExpression, StateFieldPathExpression

public abstract class AbstractPathExpression
extends AbstractExpression

An identification variable followed by the navigation operator (.) and a state field or association field is a path expression. The type of the path expression is the type computed as the result of navigation; that is, the type of the state field or association field to which the expression navigates.

Version:
2.4.2
See Also:
CollectionValuedPathExpression, IdentificationVariable
Author:
Pascal Filion
Since:
2.3

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
COMMA, DOT, DOUBLE_QUOTE, LEFT_CURLY_BRACKET, LEFT_PARENTHESIS, NOT_DEFINED, RIGHT_CURLY_BRACKET, RIGHT_PARENTHESIS, SINGLE_QUOTE, SPACE, UNDERSCORE
 
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression
ABS, ALL, AND, ANY, AS, ASC, AVG, BETWEEN, BIT_LENGTH, BOTH, CASE, CAST, CHAR_LENGTH, CHARACTER_LENGTH, CLASS, COALESCE, COLUMN, CONCAT, COUNT, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, DELETE, DELETE_FROM, DESC, DIFFERENT, DISTINCT, DIVISION, ELSE, EMPTY, END, ENTRY, EQUAL, ESCAPE, EXCEPT, EXISTS, EXTRACT, FALSE, FETCH, FROM, FUNC, FUNCTION, GREATER_THAN, GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL, GROUP_BY, HAVING, IN, INDEX, INNER, INNER_JOIN, INNER_JOIN_FETCH, INTERSECT, IS, IS_EMPTY, IS_NOT_EMPTY, IS_NOT_NULL, IS_NULL, JOIN, JOIN_FETCH, KEY, LEADING, LEFT, LEFT_JOIN, LEFT_JOIN_FETCH, LEFT_OUTER_JOIN, LEFT_OUTER_JOIN_FETCH, LENGTH, LIKE, LOCATE, LOWER, LOWER_THAN, LOWER_THAN_OR_EQUAL, MAX, MEMBER, MEMBER_OF, MIN, MINUS, MOD, MULTIPLICATION, NAMED_PARAMETER, NEW, NOT, NOT_BETWEEN, NOT_EQUAL, NOT_EXISTS, NOT_IN, NOT_LIKE, NOT_MEMBER, NOT_MEMBER_OF, NULL, NULLIF, NULLS_FIRST, NULLS_LAST, OBJECT, OF, ON, OPERATOR, OR, ORDER_BY, OUTER, PLUS, POSITION, POSITIONAL_PARAMETER, QUOTE, REGEXP, SELECT, SET, SIZE, SOME, SQL, SQRT, SUBSTRING, SUM, TABLE, THEN, TRAILING, TREAT, TRIM, TRUE, TYPE, UNION, UNKNOWN, UPDATE, UPPER, VALUE, WHEN, WHERE
 
Constructor Summary
protected AbstractPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent, AbstractExpression identificationVariable)
          Creates a new AbstractPathExpression.
  AbstractPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent, AbstractExpression identificationVariable, java.lang.String paths)
          Creates a new AbstractPathExpression.
protected AbstractPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent, java.lang.String paths)
          Creates a new AbstractPathExpression.
 
Method Summary
 void acceptChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Visits the children of this Expression.
protected  void addChildrenTo(java.util.Collection<Expression> children)
          Adds the children of this AbstractExpression to the given collection.
protected  void addOrderedChildrenTo(java.util.List<Expression> children)
          Adds the children of this AbstractExpression to the given list.
 boolean endsWithDot()
          Determines whether the path ends with a dot or not.
 JPQLQueryBNF findQueryBNF(Expression expression)
          Retrieves the JPQLQueryBNF that represents the fragment of this Expression that was used when parsing the given Expression.
 Expression getIdentificationVariable()
          Returns the identification variable that starts the path expression, which can be a sample identification variable, a map value, map key or map entry expression.
 java.lang.String getPath(int index)
          Returns the specified segment of the state field path.
 boolean hasIdentificationVariable()
          Determines whether the identification variable was parsed.
 boolean hasVirtualIdentificationVariable()
          Determines whether the path's identification variable is virtual or not, meaning it's not part of the query but is required for proper navigability.
protected  void parse(WordParser wordParser, boolean tolerant)
          Parses the query by starting at the current position, which is part of the given WordParser.
 IterableListIterator<java.lang.String> paths()
          Returns the segments in the state field path in order.
 int pathSize()
          Returns the number of segments in the state field path.
protected  void setVirtualIdentificationVariable(java.lang.String variableName)
          Sets a virtual identification variable because the abstract schema name was parsed without one.
 boolean startsWithDot()
          Determines whether the path starts with a dot or not.
 java.lang.String toParsedText(int startIndex, int stopIndex)
          Returns a string representation from the given range.
protected  void toParsedText(java.lang.StringBuilder writer, boolean actual)
          Generates a string representation of this Expression, including its children, if it has any.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
acceptUnknownVisitor, acceptUnknownVisitor, buildExpressionFromFallingBack, buildNullExpression, buildStringExpression, buildStringExpression, buildUnknownExpression, calculatePosition, children, findFallBackExpressionFactory, getExpressionFactory, getExpressionRegistry, getGrammar, getIdentifierVersion, getJPAVersion, getLength, getOffset, getParent, getQueryBNF, getRoot, getText, handleAggregate, handleCollection, isAncestor, isIdentifier, isNull, isParsingComplete, isTolerant, isUnknown, isVirtual, orderedChildren, parse, parseUsingExpressionFactory, populatePosition, rebuildActualText, rebuildParsedText, setParent, setText, shouldParseWithFactoryFirst, shouldSkipLiteral, toActualText, toParsedText, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression
accept, getQueryBNF
 

Constructor Detail

AbstractPathExpression

protected AbstractPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent,
                                 AbstractExpression identificationVariable)
Creates a new AbstractPathExpression.

Parameters:
parent - The parent of this expression
identificationVariable - The identification variable that was already parsed, which means the beginning of the parsing should start with a dot

AbstractPathExpression

public AbstractPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent,
                              AbstractExpression identificationVariable,
                              java.lang.String paths)
Creates a new AbstractPathExpression.

Parameters:
parent - The parent of this expression
identificationVariable - The identification variable that was already parsed, which means the beginning of the parsing should start with a dot
paths - The path expression that is following the identification variable

AbstractPathExpression

protected AbstractPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent,
                                 java.lang.String paths)
Creates a new AbstractPathExpression.

Parameters:
parent - The parent of this expression
paths - The path expression
Method Detail

acceptChildren

public void acceptChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
Visits the children of this Expression. This method can be used to optimize traversing the children since a new list is not created every time Expression.children() is called.

This does not traverse the Expression sub-hierarchy, use a subclass of AbstractTraverseChildrenVisitor in order to traverse the entire sub-hierarchy.

Parameters:
visitor - The visitor to visit the children of this object.

addChildrenTo

protected void addChildrenTo(java.util.Collection<Expression> children)
Adds the children of this AbstractExpression to the given collection.

Overrides:
addChildrenTo in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
children - The collection used to store the children

addOrderedChildrenTo

protected final void addOrderedChildrenTo(java.util.List<Expression> children)
Adds the children of this AbstractExpression to the given list.

Overrides:
addOrderedChildrenTo in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
children - The list used to store the string representation of this AbstractExpression

endsWithDot

public final boolean endsWithDot()
Determines whether the path ends with a dot or not.

Returns:
true if the path ends with a dot; false otherwise

findQueryBNF

public final JPQLQueryBNF findQueryBNF(Expression expression)
Retrieves the JPQLQueryBNF that represents the fragment of this Expression that was used when parsing the given Expression.

Specified by:
findQueryBNF in interface Expression
Overrides:
findQueryBNF in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
expression - The Expression that is a descendant of this one
Returns:
The JPQLQueryBNF that was used to parse the given expression

getIdentificationVariable

public final Expression getIdentificationVariable()
Returns the identification variable that starts the path expression, which can be a sample identification variable, a map value, map key or map entry expression.

Returns:
The root of the path expression

getPath

public final java.lang.String getPath(int index)
Returns the specified segment of the state field path.

Parameters:
index - The 0-based segment index
Returns:
The specified segment

hasIdentificationVariable

public final boolean hasIdentificationVariable()
Determines whether the identification variable was parsed.

Returns:
true the identification variable was parsed; false otherwise

hasVirtualIdentificationVariable

public final boolean hasVirtualIdentificationVariable()
Determines whether the path's identification variable is virtual or not, meaning it's not part of the query but is required for proper navigability.

Returns:
true if this identification variable was virtually created to fully qualify path expression; false if it was parsed

parse

protected final void parse(WordParser wordParser,
                           boolean tolerant)
Parses the query by starting at the current position, which is part of the given WordParser.

Specified by:
parse in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
wordParser - The text to parse based on the current position of the cursor
tolerant - Determines whether the parsing system should be tolerant, meaning if it should try to parse invalid or incomplete queries

paths

public final IterableListIterator<java.lang.String> paths()
Returns the segments in the state field path in order.

Returns:
An Iterator over the segments of the state field path

pathSize

public final int pathSize()
Returns the number of segments in the state field path.

Returns:
The number of segments

setVirtualIdentificationVariable

protected final void setVirtualIdentificationVariable(java.lang.String variableName)
Sets a virtual identification variable because the abstract schema name was parsed without one. This is valid in an UPDATE and DELETE queries.

Parameters:
variableName - The identification variable that was generated to identify the "root" object

startsWithDot

public final boolean startsWithDot()
Determines whether the path starts with a dot or not.

Returns:
true if the path starts with a dot; false otherwise

toParsedText

public java.lang.String toParsedText(int startIndex,
                                     int stopIndex)
Returns a string representation from the given range.

Parameters:
startIndex - The beginning of the range to create the string representation
stopIndex - When to stop creating the string representation, which is exclusive
Returns:
The string representation of this path expression contained in the given range
Since:
2.4

toParsedText

protected final void toParsedText(java.lang.StringBuilder writer,
                                  boolean actual)
Generates a string representation of this Expression, including its children, if it has any.

Specified by:
toParsedText in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
writer - The buffer used to append this Expression's string representation
actual - Determines whether the string representation should represent what was parsed, i.e. include any "virtual" whitespace (such as ending whitespace) and the actual case of the JPQL identifiers

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