EclipseLink 2.4.2, build 'v20130514-5956486' API Reference

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

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
      extended by org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.RegexpExpression
All Implemented Interfaces:
Expression

public final class RegexpExpression
extends AbstractExpression

The REGEXP condition is used to specify a search for a pattern. It is not part of JPA 2.0/2.1, only EclipseLink. It is supported by many databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL), I think part of SQL 2008, replacing SIMILAR TO.

The string_expression must have a string value. The pattern_value is a string literal or a string-valued input parameter that is a regular expression.

BNF: regexp_expression ::= string_expression REGEXP pattern_value

Version:
2.4.2
Author:
James Sutherland
Since:
2.4

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
RegexpExpression(AbstractExpression parent, AbstractExpression stringExpression)
          Creates a new LikeExpression.
 
Method Summary
 void accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Visits this Expression by the given visitor.
 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.
 JPQLQueryBNF findQueryBNF(Expression expression)
          Retrieves the JPQLQueryBNF that represents the fragment of this Expression that was used when parsing the given Expression.
 java.lang.String getActualRegexpIdentifier()
          Returns the actual REGEXP found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.
 Expression getPatternValue()
          Returns the Expression that represents the pattern value.
 JPQLQueryBNF getQueryBNF()
          Returns the BNF of this Expression.
 Expression getStringExpression()
          Returns the Expression that represents the string expression.
 boolean hasPatternValue()
          Determines whether the pattern value was parsed.
 boolean hasSpaceAfterIdentifier()
          Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after REGEXP.
 boolean hasSpaceAfterStringExpression()
          Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the string expression.
 boolean hasStringExpression()
          Determines whether the string expression was parsed.
protected  boolean isParsingComplete(WordParser wordParser, java.lang.String word, Expression expression)
          Determines whether the parsing is complete based on what is left in the given text.
protected  void parse(WordParser wordParser, boolean tolerant)
          Parses the query by starting at the current position, which is part of the given WordParser.
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, 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
 

Constructor Detail

RegexpExpression

public RegexpExpression(AbstractExpression parent,
                        AbstractExpression stringExpression)
Creates a new LikeExpression.

Parameters:
parent - The parent of this expression
stringExpression - The first part of this expression, which is the string expression
Method Detail

accept

public void accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
Visits this Expression by the given visitor.

Parameters:
visitor - The ExpressionVisitor to visit this object

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 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

findQueryBNF

public 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

getActualRegexpIdentifier

public java.lang.String getActualRegexpIdentifier()
Returns the actual REGEXP found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.

Returns:
The REGEXP identifier that was actually parsed

getPatternValue

public Expression getPatternValue()
Returns the Expression that represents the pattern value.

Returns:
The expression that was parsed representing the pattern value

getQueryBNF

public JPQLQueryBNF getQueryBNF()
Returns the BNF of this Expression.

Returns:
The JPQLQueryBNF, which represents the grammar of this Expression

getStringExpression

public Expression getStringExpression()
Returns the Expression that represents the string expression.

Returns:
The expression that was parsed representing the string expression

hasPatternValue

public boolean hasPatternValue()
Determines whether the pattern value was parsed.

Returns:
true if the pattern value was parsed; false otherwise

hasSpaceAfterIdentifier

public boolean hasSpaceAfterIdentifier()
Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after REGEXP.

Returns:
true if there was a whitespace after REGEXP; false otherwise

hasSpaceAfterStringExpression

public boolean hasSpaceAfterStringExpression()
Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the string expression.

Returns:
true if there was a whitespace after the string expression; false otherwise

hasStringExpression

public boolean hasStringExpression()
Determines whether the string expression was parsed.

Returns:
true if the string expression was parsed; false otherwise

isParsingComplete

protected boolean isParsingComplete(WordParser wordParser,
                                    java.lang.String word,
                                    Expression expression)
Determines whether the parsing is complete based on what is left in the given text. The text is never empty.

Overrides:
isParsingComplete in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
wordParser - The text to parse based on the current position of the cursor
word - The word that was retrieved from the given text, which is the first word in the text
expression - The Expression that has already been parsed
Returns:
true if the text no longer can't be parsed by the current expression; false if more can be parsed

parse

protected 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

toParsedText

protected 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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