/*
 * Copyright 2009 Ralf Joachim, Ahmad Hassan
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package org.castor.cpa.persistence.sql.query.expression;

import org.castor.cpa.persistence.sql.query.Qualifier;
import org.castor.cpa.persistence.sql.query.QueryConstants;
import org.castor.cpa.persistence.sql.query.Visitor;

/**
 * Class representing a column of the database table.
 *  
 * @author <a href="mailto:ahmad DOT hassan AT gmail DOT com">Ahmad Hassan</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:ralf DOT joachim AT syscon DOT eu">Ralf Joachim</a>
 * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2006-04-25 15:08:23 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $
 */
public final class Column extends Expression {    
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------    

    /** Qualifier the column belongs to. May be <code>null</code> if there is no risk
     *  for name clashes for a SQL query. */
    private final Qualifier _qualifier;
    
    /** Name of the column. */
    private final String _name;
    
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------    

    /**
     * Construct a column that has no qualifier with given name.
     * 
     * @param name Name of the column.
     */
    public Column(final String name) {
        this(null, name);
 
    }
    
    /**
     * Construct a column with given qualifier and name.
     * 
     * @param qualifier Qualifier the column belongs to.
     * @param name Name of the column.
     */
    public Column(final Qualifier qualifier, final String name) {
        if (name == null) { throw new NullPointerException(); }
        
        _qualifier = qualifier;
        _name = name;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------    

    /**
     * Returns qualifier the column belongs to.
     * 
     * @return Qualifier the column belongs to.
     */
    public Qualifier qualifier() {
        return _qualifier;
    }

    /**
     * Returns name of the column.
     * 
     * @return Name of the column.
     */
    public String name() {
        return _name;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------    

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public void accept (final Visitor visitor) { visitor.visit(this); }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------    

    /** 
     * Method constructing query string.
     * 
     * @return Constructed query string.
     */
    public String toString() {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        if (_qualifier != null) {
            sb.append(_qualifier.toString());
            sb.append(QueryConstants.DOT);
        }
        sb.append(_name);

        return sb.toString();
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------    
}