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org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.internal.jpql.parser
Class NullComparisonExpression

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.internal.jpql.parser.StringExpression
      extended by org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.internal.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
          extended by org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.internal.jpql.parser.NullComparisonExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:
Expression

public final class NullComparisonExpression
extends AbstractExpression

A null comparison tests whether or not the single-valued path expression or input parameter is a NULL value.

BNF: null_comparison_expression ::= {single_valued_path_expression | input_parameter} IS [NOT] NULL
Since:
2.3
Version:
2.3
Author:
Pascal Filion

Field Summary
private  AbstractExpression expression
          The expression tested for being null or not.
private  boolean hasNot
          Determines whether 'NOT' is present in the query or not.
 
Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.internal.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.internal.jpql.parser.Expression
ABS, ALL, AND, ANY, AS, ASC, AVG, BETWEEN, BIT_LENGTH, BOTH, CASE, CHAR_LENGTH, CHARACTER_LENGTH, CLASS, COALESCE, CONCAT, COUNT, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, DELETE, DELETE_FROM, DESC, DIFFERENT, DISTINCT, DIVISION, ELSE, EMPTY, END, ENTRY, EQUAL, ESCAPE, EXISTS, FALSE, FETCH, FROM, FUNC, GREATER_THAN, GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL, GROUP_BY, HAVING, IN, INDEX, INNER, INNER_JOIN, INNER_JOIN_FETCH, 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_EXISTS, NOT_IN, NOT_LIKE, NOT_MEMBER, NOT_MEMBER_OF, NULL, NULLIF, OBJECT, OF, OR, ORDER_BY, OUTER, PLUS, POSITION, POSITIONAL_PARAMETER, QUOTE, SELECT, SET, SIZE, SOME, SQRT, SUBSTRING, SUM, THEN, TRAILING, TREAT, TRIM, TRUE, TYPE, UNKNOWN, UPDATE, UPPER, VALUE, WHEN, WHERE
 
Constructor Summary
NullComparisonExpression(AbstractExpression parent, AbstractExpression expression)
          Creates a new NullComparisonExpression.
NullComparisonExpression(AbstractExpression parent, java.lang.String identifier, AbstractExpression expression)
          Creates a new NullComparisonExpression.
 
Method Summary
 void accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Visits this Expression by the given visitor.
 void acceptChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
          Visits the children of this Expression.
(package private)  void addChildrenTo(java.util.Collection<Expression> children)
          Adds the children of this Expression to the given collection.
(package private)  void addOrderedChildrenTo(java.util.List<StringExpression> children)
          Adds the StringExpressions representing this Expression.
 Expression getExpression()
          Returns the expression being tested for being null.
 java.lang.String getIdentifier()
          Returns the identifier for this expression that may include NOT if it was parsed.
 JPQLQueryBNF getQueryBNF()
          Returns the BNF of this Expression.
 boolean hasExpression()
          Determines whether the expression preceding the identifier was parsed.
 boolean hasNot()
          Determines whether NOT is used in the query.
(package private)  void parse(WordParser wordParser, boolean tolerant)
          Parses the query by starting at the current position, which is part of the given WordParser.
(package private)  void toParsedText(java.lang.StringBuilder writer, boolean includeVirtual)
          Generates a string representation of this Expression.
private  void updateExpression(AbstractExpression expression)
           
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.internal.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
buildExpressionFromFallingBack, buildNullExpression, buildStringExpression, buildStringExpression, buildUnknownExpression, children, expressionFactory, expressionFactoryForIdentifier, findQueryBNF, getChildren, getJPAVersion, getParent, getRoot, getText, handleAggregate, identifierRole, identifiers, identifiers, identifierVersion, isAncestor, isIdentifier, isNull, isParsingComplete, isTolerant, isUnknown, isVirtual, orderedChildren, parse, parseSingleExpression, populatePosition, queryBNF, readdLeadingSpaces, 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
 

Field Detail

expression

private AbstractExpression expression
The expression tested for being null or not.

hasNot

private boolean hasNot
Determines whether 'NOT' is present in the query or not.
Constructor Detail

NullComparisonExpression

NullComparisonExpression(AbstractExpression parent,
                         AbstractExpression expression)
Creates a new NullComparisonExpression.
Parameters:
parent - The parent of this expression
expression - The expression before the identifier

NullComparisonExpression

NullComparisonExpression(AbstractExpression parent,
                         java.lang.String identifier,
                         AbstractExpression expression)
Creates a new NullComparisonExpression.
Parameters:
parent - The parent of this expression
expression - The expression before the identifier
Method Detail

accept

public void accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
Visits this Expression by the given visitor.
Parameters:
visitor - The visitor 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() or Expression.getChildren() is called.

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

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

addChildrenTo

void addChildrenTo(java.util.Collection<Expression> children)
Adds the children of this Expression to the given collection.
Overrides:
addChildrenTo in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
children - The collection used to store the children

addOrderedChildrenTo

void addOrderedChildrenTo(java.util.List<StringExpression> children)
Adds the StringExpressions representing this Expression.
Overrides:
addOrderedChildrenTo in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
children - The list used to store the string representation of this Expression

getExpression

public Expression getExpression()
Returns the expression being tested for being null.
Returns:
Either the parsed expression or the null-expression

getIdentifier

public java.lang.String getIdentifier()
Returns the identifier for this expression that may include NOT if it was parsed.
Returns:
Either IS NULL or IS NOT NULL

getQueryBNF

public JPQLQueryBNF getQueryBNF()
Returns the BNF of this Expression.
Specified by:
getQueryBNF in class AbstractExpression
Returns:
The JPQLQueryBNF, which represents the grammar of this Expression

hasExpression

public boolean hasExpression()
Determines whether the expression preceding the identifier was parsed.
Returns:
true the expression preceding the identifier was parsed; false otherwise

hasNot

public boolean hasNot()
Determines whether NOT is used in the query.
Returns:
true if NOT is present in the query; false otherwise

parse

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

void toParsedText(java.lang.StringBuilder writer,
                  boolean includeVirtual)
Generates a string representation of this Expression.
Specified by:
toParsedText in class AbstractExpression
Parameters:
writer - The buffer used to append this Expression's string representation
includeVirtual - Determines whether to include any characters that are considered virtual, i.e. that was parsed when the query is incomplete and is needed for functionality like content assist

updateExpression

private void updateExpression(AbstractExpression expression)

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