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

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
      org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.NullExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

Expression

public final class NullExpression
extends AbstractExpression

A null Expression is used instead of a true null, which allows operations to be performed without doing a null check first.

Version:

2.4.2

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

NullExpression(AbstractExpression parent)
Creates a new NullExpression.

Method Summary

void	accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Visits this Expression by the given visitor.
void	acceptChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor) Visits the children of this Expression.
JPQLQueryBNF	findQueryBNF(Expression expression) Retrieves the JPQLQueryBNF that represents the fragment of this Expression that was used when parsing the given Expression.
JPQLQueryBNF	getQueryBNF() Returns the BNF of this Expression.
boolean	isNull() Determines whether this expression is a null Expression or any other subclass.
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, addChildrenTo, addOrderedChildrenTo, buildExpressionFromFallingBack, buildNullExpression, buildStringExpression, buildStringExpression, buildUnknownExpression, calculatePosition, children, findFallBackExpressionFactory, getExpressionFactory, getExpressionRegistry, getGrammar, getIdentifierVersion, getJPAVersion, getLength, getOffset, getParent, getQueryBNF, getRoot, getText, handleAggregate, handleCollection, isAncestor, isIdentifier, 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

Constructor Detail

NullExpression

public NullExpression(AbstractExpression parent)

Creates a new NullExpression.

Parameters:

parent - The parent of this NullExpression

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.

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

getQueryBNF

public JPQLQueryBNF getQueryBNF()

Returns the BNF of this Expression.

Returns:

The JPQLQueryBNF, which represents the grammar of this Expression

isNull

public boolean isNull()

Determines whether this expression is a null Expression or any other subclass.

Overrides:

isNull in class AbstractExpression

Returns:

false by default

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