pack-priv Class SpecialFunctionNode

Overrides org.apache.derby.impl.sql.compile.ValueNode.bindExpression.

Binding this special function means setting the result DataTypeServices. In this case, the result type is based on the operation requested.

Parameters

fromList:FromList

The FROM list for the statement. This parameter is not used in this case.

subqueryList:SubqueryList

The subquery list being built as we find SubqueryNodes. Not used in this case.

aggregates:List<AggregateNode>

The aggregate list being built as we find AggregateNodes. Not used in this case.

Returns:ValueNode

The new top of the expression tree.

Annotations

@Override

Exceptions

StandardException:

Thrown on error

Overrides org.apache.derby.impl.sql.compile.ValueNode.generateExpression.

Generate an expression that returns a DataValueDescriptor and calls a method off the language connection or the activation.

Parameters

acb:ExpressionClassBuilder

The ExpressionClassBuilder for the class being built

mb:MethodBuilder

The method the code to place the code

Annotations

@Override

Exceptions

StandardException:

Thrown on error

Implements abstract org.apache.derby.impl.sql.compile.ValueNode.isEquivalent.

Doc from org.apache.derby.impl.sql.compile.ValueNode.isEquivalent.

Tests if this node is equivalent to the specified ValueNode. Two ValueNodes are considered equivalent if they will evaluate to the same value during query execution.

This method provides basic expression matching facility for the derived class of ValueNode and it is used by the language layer to compare the node structural form of the two expressions for equivalence at bind phase.

Note that it is not comparing the actual row values at runtime to produce a result; hence, when comparing SQL NULLs, they are considered to be equivalent and not unknown.

One usage case of this method in this context is to compare the select column expression against the group by expression to check if they are equivalent. e.g.:

SELECT c1+c2 FROM t1 GROUP BY c1+c2

In general, node equivalence is determined by the derived class of ValueNode. But they generally abide to the rules below:

• The two ValueNodes must be of the same node type to be considered equivalent. e.g.: CastNode vs. CastNode - equivalent (if their args also match), ColumnReference vs CastNode - not equivalent.
• If node P contains other ValueNode(s) and so on, those node(s) must also be of the same node type to be considered equivalent.
• If node P takes a parameter list, then the number of arguments and its arguments for the two nodes must also match to be considered equivalent. e.g.: CAST(c1 as INTEGER) vs CAST(c1 as SMALLINT), they are not equivalent.
• When comparing SQL NULLs in this context, they are considered to be equivalent.
• If this does not apply or it is determined that the two nodes are not equivalent then the derived class of this method should return false; otherwise, return true.

Parameters

o:ValueNode

the node to compare this ValueNode against.

Returns:boolean

true if the two nodes are equivalent, false otherwise.

Overrides org.apache.derby.impl.sql.compile.ValueNode.isSameNodeKind.

Doc from org.apache.derby.impl.sql.compile.ValueNode.isSameNodeKind.

Some node classes represent several logical node types (to reduce footprint), which we call kinds. This means that implementations of isEquivalent cannot always just use instanceof to check if the other node represents the same kind. Hence this method needs to be overridden by all node classes that represent several kinds. This default implementation does not look at kinds. It is only called from implementations of isEquivalent.

Parameters

o:ValueNode

The other value node whose kind we want to compare with.

Returns:boolean

true if this and o represent the same logical node type, i.e. kind.

Annotations

@Override