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org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser

public final Class Join

extends AbstractExpression
Class Inheritance
Annotations
@SuppressWarnings:nls
Imports
java.util.Collection, .List, .StringTokenizer, org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.WordParser

A JOIN enables the fetching of an association as a side effect of the execution of a query. A JOIN is specified over an entity and its related entities.
BNF: join ::= join_spec join_association_path_expression [AS] identification_variable

A JOIN FETCH enables the fetching of an association as a side effect of the execution of a query. A JOIN FETCH is specified over an entity and its related entities.

BNF: fetch_join ::= join_spec FETCH join_association_path_expression

EclipseLink 2.4

BNF: join_spec { abstract_schema_name | join_association_path_expression } [AS] identification_variable [join_condition]
Author
Pascal Filion
Since
2.3
Version
2.5

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
private String
asIdentifier

The actual AS identifier found in the string representation of the JPQL query.

private boolean
hasSpaceAfterAs

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after AS.

private boolean
hasSpaceAfterIdentificationVariable

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the identification variable.

private boolean
hasSpaceAfterJoin

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after JOIN.

private boolean
hasSpaceAfterJoinAssociation

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the join association path expression.

private AbstractExpression
identificationVariable

The Expression representing the identification variable.

private AbstractExpression
joinAssociationPath

The Expression representing the join association path expression.

private String
joinIdentifier

The actual JOIN identifier found in the string representation of the JPQL query.

private AbstractExpression
onClause

The Expression representing the join ON clause.

private boolean
parsingIdentificationVariable

Make sure when parsing the identification variable with tolerance turned on, a the join condition identifier ON is not parsed.

Inherited from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression:
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Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
Join(AbstractExpression
The parent of this expression
parent
,
String
The full JOIN identifier
identifier
)

Creates a new Join.

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public void
accept(ExpressionVisitor
The ExpressionVisitor to visit this object
visitor
)

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.accept.

Visits this Expression by the given visitor.
public void
acceptChildren(ExpressionVisitor
The visitor to visit the children of this object.
visitor
)

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.acceptChildren.

Visits the children of this Expression.
protected void
addChildrenTo(Collection<Expression>
The collection used to store the children
children
)

Overrides org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.addChildrenTo.

Adds the children of this AbstractExpression to the given collection.
protected void
addOrderedChildrenTo(List<Expression>
The list used to store the string representation of this AbstractExpression
children
)

Overrides org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.addOrderedChildrenTo.

Adds the children of this AbstractExpression to the given list.
public JPQLQueryBNF
findQueryBNF(Expression
The Expression that is a descendant of this one
expression
)

Overrides org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.findQueryBNF.

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.findQueryBNF.

Retrieves the JPQLQueryBNF that represents the fragment of this Expression that was used when parsing the given Expression.
public String

Returns:

The AS identifier that was actually parsed, or an empty string if it was not parsed
getActualAsIdentifier
()

Returns the actual AS found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.

public String

Returns:

The identifier identifier that was actually parsed
getActualIdentifier
()

Returns the actual identifier found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.

public Expression

Returns:

The expression that was parsed representing the identification variable
getIdentificationVariable
()

Returns the Expression that represents the identification variable.

public String

Returns:

Either JOIN, INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN or LEFT OUTER JOIN. Although it's possible to have an incomplete identifier if the query is not complete
getIdentifier
()

Returns the identifier this expression represents.

public Expression

Returns:

The expression that was parsed representing the join association path expression
getJoinAssociationPath
()

Returns the Expression that represents the join association path expression.

public Expression

Returns:

The expression that was parsed representing the identification variable
getOnClause
()

Returns the Expression that represents the ON clause if present.

public JPQLQueryBNF
public boolean

Returns:

true if the identifier AS was parsed; false otherwise
hasAs
()

Determines whether the identifier AS was parsed.

public boolean

Returns:

true if the identifier FETCH was parsed; false otherwise
hasFetch
()

Determines whether the identifier FETCH was parsed.

public boolean

Returns:

true if the identification variable was parsed; false otherwise
hasIdentificationVariable
()

Determines whether the identification variable was parsed.

public boolean

Returns:

true if the join association path expression was parsed; false otherwise
hasJoinAssociationPath
()

Determines whether the join association path expression was parsed.

public boolean

Returns:

true if the ON clause was parsed; false otherwise
hasOnClause
()

Determines whether the ON clause was parsed.

public boolean

Returns:

true if there was a whitespace after AS; false otherwise
hasSpaceAfterAs
()

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after AS.

public boolean

Returns:

true if there was a whitespace before ON; false otherwise
hasSpaceAfterIdentificationVariable
()

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed before ON.

public boolean

Returns:

true if there was a whitespace after JOIN; false otherwise
hasSpaceAfterJoin
()

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after JOIN.

public boolean

Returns:

true if there was a whitespace after join association path expression; false otherwise
hasSpaceAfterJoinAssociation
()

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the join association path expression.

public boolean
protected boolean
isParsingComplete(WordParser
The text to parse based on the current position of the cursor
wordParser
,
String
The word that was retrieved from the given text, which is the first word in the text
word
,
Expression
The Expression that has already been parsed
expression
)

Overrides org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.isParsingComplete.

Determines whether the parsing is complete based on what is left in the given text.
protected void
parse(WordParser
The text to parse based on the current position of the cursor
wordParser
,
boolean
Determines whether the parsing system should be tolerant, meaning if it should try to parse invalid or incomplete queries
tolerant
)

Implements abstract org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.parse.

Parses the query by starting at the current position, which is part of the given WordParser.
protected void
toParsedText(StringBuilder
The buffer used to append this Expression's string representation
writer
,
boolean
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
actual
)

Implements abstract org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.toParsedText.

Generates a string representation of this Expression, including its children, if it has any.
Inherited from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression:
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Field Detail

asIdentifierback to summary
private String asIdentifier

The actual AS identifier found in the string representation of the JPQL query.

hasSpaceAfterAsback to summary
private boolean hasSpaceAfterAs

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after AS.

hasSpaceAfterIdentificationVariableback to summary
private boolean hasSpaceAfterIdentificationVariable

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the identification variable.

hasSpaceAfterJoinback to summary
private boolean hasSpaceAfterJoin

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after JOIN.

hasSpaceAfterJoinAssociationback to summary
private boolean hasSpaceAfterJoinAssociation

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the join association path expression.

identificationVariableback to summary
private AbstractExpression identificationVariable

The Expression representing the identification variable.

joinAssociationPathback to summary
private AbstractExpression joinAssociationPath

The Expression representing the join association path expression.

joinIdentifierback to summary
private String joinIdentifier

The actual JOIN identifier found in the string representation of the JPQL query.

onClauseback to summary
private AbstractExpression onClause

The Expression representing the join ON clause.

parsingIdentificationVariableback to summary
private boolean parsingIdentificationVariable

Make sure when parsing the identification variable with tolerance turned on, a the join condition identifier ON is not parsed.

Constructor Detail

Joinback to summary
public Join(AbstractExpression parent, String identifier)

Creates a new Join.

Parameters
parent:AbstractExpression

The parent of this expression

identifier:String

The full JOIN identifier

Method Detail

acceptback to summary
public void accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.accept.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.accept.

Visits this Expression by the given visitor.

Parameters
visitor:ExpressionVisitor

The ExpressionVisitor to visit this object

Annotations
@Override
acceptChildrenback to summary
public void acceptChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor)

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.acceptChildren.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.acceptChildren.

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 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:ExpressionVisitor

The visitor to visit the children of this object.

Annotations
@Override
addChildrenToback to summary
protected void addChildrenTo(Collection<Expression> children)

Overrides org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.addChildrenTo.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.addChildrenTo.

Adds the children of this AbstractExpression to the given collection.

Parameters
children:Collection<Expression>

The collection used to store the children

Annotations
@Override
addOrderedChildrenToback to summary
protected void addOrderedChildrenTo(List<Expression> children)

Overrides org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.addOrderedChildrenTo.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.addOrderedChildrenTo.

Adds the children of this AbstractExpression to the given list.

Parameters
children:List<Expression>

The list used to store the string representation of this AbstractExpression

Annotations
@Override
findQueryBNFback to summary
public JPQLQueryBNF findQueryBNF(Expression expression)

Overrides org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.findQueryBNF.

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.findQueryBNF.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.findQueryBNF.

Retrieves the JPQLQueryBNF that represents the fragment of this Expression that was used when parsing the given Expression.

Parameters
expression:Expression

The Expression that is a descendant of this one

Returns:JPQLQueryBNF

The JPQLQueryBNF that was used to parse the given expression

Annotations
@Override
getActualAsIdentifierback to summary
public String getActualAsIdentifier()

Returns the actual AS found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.

Returns:String

The AS identifier that was actually parsed, or an empty string if it was not parsed

getActualIdentifierback to summary
public String getActualIdentifier()

Returns the actual identifier found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.

Returns:String

The identifier identifier that was actually parsed

getIdentificationVariableback to summary
public Expression getIdentificationVariable()

Returns the Expression that represents the identification variable.

Returns:Expression

The expression that was parsed representing the identification variable

getIdentifierback to summary
public String getIdentifier()

Returns the identifier this expression represents.

Returns:String

Either JOIN, INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN or LEFT OUTER JOIN. Although it's possible to have an incomplete identifier if the query is not complete

getJoinAssociationPathback to summary
public Expression getJoinAssociationPath()

Returns the Expression that represents the join association path expression.

Returns:Expression

The expression that was parsed representing the join association path expression

getOnClauseback to summary
public Expression getOnClause()

Returns the Expression that represents the ON clause if present.

Returns:Expression

The expression that was parsed representing the identification variable

getQueryBNFback to summary
public JPQLQueryBNF getQueryBNF()

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.getQueryBNF.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.getQueryBNF.

Returns the BNF of this Expression.

Returns:JPQLQueryBNF

The JPQLQueryBNF, which represents the grammar of this Expression

Annotations
@Override
hasAsback to summary
public boolean hasAs()

Determines whether the identifier AS was parsed.

Returns:boolean

true if the identifier AS was parsed; false otherwise

hasFetchback to summary
public boolean hasFetch()

Determines whether the identifier FETCH was parsed.

Returns:boolean

true if the identifier FETCH was parsed; false otherwise

hasIdentificationVariableback to summary
public boolean hasIdentificationVariable()

Determines whether the identification variable was parsed.

Returns:boolean

true if the identification variable was parsed; false otherwise

hasJoinAssociationPathback to summary
public boolean hasJoinAssociationPath()

Determines whether the join association path expression was parsed.

Returns:boolean

true if the join association path expression was parsed; false otherwise

hasOnClauseback to summary
public boolean hasOnClause()

Determines whether the ON clause was parsed.

Returns:boolean

true if the ON clause was parsed; false otherwise

hasSpaceAfterAsback to summary
public boolean hasSpaceAfterAs()

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after AS.

Returns:boolean

true if there was a whitespace after AS; false otherwise

hasSpaceAfterIdentificationVariableback to summary
public boolean hasSpaceAfterIdentificationVariable()

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed before ON.

Returns:boolean

true if there was a whitespace before ON; false otherwise

hasSpaceAfterJoinback to summary
public boolean hasSpaceAfterJoin()

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after JOIN.

Returns:boolean

true if there was a whitespace after JOIN; false otherwise

hasSpaceAfterJoinAssociationback to summary
public boolean hasSpaceAfterJoinAssociation()

Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the join association path expression.

Returns:boolean

true if there was a whitespace after join association path expression; false otherwise

isLeftJoinback to summary
public boolean isLeftJoin()

Determines whether this Join is a left join, i.e. Expression#LEFT_JOIN, Expression#LEFT_JOIN_FETCH, Expression#LEFT_OUTER_JOIN, Expression#LEFT_OUTER_JOIN_FETCH.

Returns:boolean

true if this Join expression is a Expression#LEFT_JOIN, Expression#LEFT_JOIN_FETCH, Expression#LEFT_OUTER_JOIN, Expression#LEFT_OUTER_JOIN_FETCH; false otherwise

isParsingCompleteback to summary
protected boolean isParsingComplete(WordParser wordParser, String word, Expression expression)

Overrides org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.isParsingComplete.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.isParsingComplete.

Determines whether the parsing is complete based on what is left in the given text. The text is never empty.

Parameters
wordParser:WordParser

The text to parse based on the current position of the cursor

word:String

The word that was retrieved from the given text, which is the first word in the text

expression:Expression

The Expression that has already been parsed

Returns:boolean

true if the text no longer can't be parsed by the current expression; false if more can be parsed

Annotations
@Override
parseback to summary
protected void parse(WordParser wordParser, boolean tolerant)

Implements abstract org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.parse.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.parse.

Parses the query by starting at the current position, which is part of the given WordParser.

Parameters
wordParser:WordParser

The text to parse based on the current position of the cursor

tolerant:boolean

Determines whether the parsing system should be tolerant, meaning if it should try to parse invalid or incomplete queries

Annotations
@Override
toParsedTextback to summary
protected void toParsedText(StringBuilder writer, boolean actual)

Implements abstract org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.toParsedText.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression.toParsedText.

Generates a string representation of this Expression, including its children, if it has any.

Parameters
writer:StringBuilder

The buffer used to append this Expression's string representation

actual:boolean

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

Annotations
@Override