Package org.apache.openjpa.kernel.exps

Interface ExpressionParser

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CriteriaBuilderImpl, JPQLParser

public interface ExpressionParser
extends java.io.Serializable

Parser for query languages that will be used by a ExpressionQuery. A QueryParser is responsible for translating from some string-based query language into Expressions. Parsers should be stateless.

Author:

Marc Prud'hommeaux

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
QueryExpressions	eval(java.lang.Object parsed, ExpressionStoreQuery query, ExpressionFactory factory, ClassMetaData candidate)	Parse the given query string.
Value[]	eval(java.lang.String[] vals, ExpressionStoreQuery query, ExpressionFactory factory, ClassMetaData candidate)	Parse the given value clauses.
java.lang.String	getLanguage()	Return a string key describing the language that this instance parses.
java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String ql, ExpressionStoreQuery query)	Return a parsed intermediate form of the given query string.
void	populate(java.lang.Object parsed, ExpressionStoreQuery query)	Use the parsed query form to set information such as candidate type, result type, etc that was encoded in the query string.

Method Detail

getLanguage

java.lang.String getLanguage()

Return a string key describing the language that this instance parses.

parse

java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String ql,
                       ExpressionStoreQuery query)

Return a parsed intermediate form of the given query string.

populate

void populate(java.lang.Object parsed,
              ExpressionStoreQuery query)

Use the parsed query form to set information such as candidate type, result type, etc that was encoded in the query string.

eval

QueryExpressions eval(java.lang.Object parsed,
                      ExpressionStoreQuery query,
                      ExpressionFactory factory,
                      ClassMetaData candidate)

Parse the given query string.

eval

Value[] eval(java.lang.String[] vals,
             ExpressionStoreQuery query,
             ExpressionFactory factory,
             ClassMetaData candidate)

Parse the given value clauses.