CollectionValuedPathExpression.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser;

/**
 * A <code>collection_valued_field</code> is designated by the name of an association field in a
 * one-to-many or a many-to-many relationship or by the name of an element collection field. The
 * type of a <code>collection_valued_field</code> is a collection of values of the abstract schema
 * type of the related entity or element type.
 *
 * <div><b>BNF:</b> <code>collection_valued_path_expression ::= general_identification_variable.{single_valued_object_field.}*collection_valued_field</code><p></div>
 *
 * @version 2.4
 * @since 2.3
 * @author Pascal Filion
 */
public final class CollectionValuedPathExpression extends AbstractPathExpression {

    /**
     * Creates a new <code>CollectionValuedPathExpression</code>.
     *
     * @param parent The parent of this expression
     * @param expression The identification variable that was already parsed, which means the
     * beginning of the parsing should start with a dot
     */
    public CollectionValuedPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent, AbstractExpression expression) {
        super(parent, expression);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new <code>CollectionValuedPathExpression</code>.
     *
     * @param parent The parent of this expression
     * @param expression The identification variable that was already parsed, which means the
     * beginning of the parsing should start with a dot
     * @param paths The path expression that is following the identification variable
     */
    public CollectionValuedPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent,
                                          AbstractExpression expression,
                                          String paths) {

        super(parent, expression, paths);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new <code>CollectionValuedPathExpression</code>.
     *
     * @param parent The parent of this expression
     * @param paths The path expression
     */
    public CollectionValuedPathExpression(AbstractExpression parent, String paths) {
        super(parent, paths);
    }

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

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public JPQLQueryBNF getQueryBNF() {
        return getQueryBNF(CollectionValuedPathExpressionBNF.ID);
    }
}