DeleteClauseStateObject.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.model.query;

import org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.DeleteClause;
import static org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression.*;

/**
 * This is the <code><b>DELETE</b></code> clause of the <code><b>DELETE</b></code> statement.
 * <p>
 * A <code><b>DELETE</b></code> statement provides bulk operations over sets of entities of a single
 * entity class (together with its subclasses, if any). Only one entity abstract schema type may be
 * specified in the <code><b>UPDATE</b></code> clause.
 *
 * <div><b>BNF:</b> <code>delete_clause ::= DELETE FROM abstract_schema_name [[AS] identification_variable]</code><p></div>
 *
 * @see DeleteClause
 *
 * @version 2.4
 * @since 2.4
 * @author Pascal Filion
 */
public class DeleteClauseStateObject extends AbstractModifyClauseStateObject {

    /**
     * Creates a new <code>DeleteClauseStateObject</code>.
     *
     * @param parent The parent of this state object, which cannot be <code>null</code>
     * @exception NullPointerException The given parent cannot be <code>null</code>
     */
    public DeleteClauseStateObject(DeleteStatementStateObject parent) {
        super(parent);
    }

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

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public DeleteClause getExpression() {
        return (DeleteClause) super.getExpression();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public String getIdentifier() {
        return DELETE_FROM;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public DeleteStatementStateObject getParent() {
        return (DeleteStatementStateObject) super.getParent();
    }

    /**
     * Keeps a reference of the {@link DeleteClause parsed object} object, which should only be
     * done when this object is instantiated during the conversion of a parsed JPQL query into
     * {@link StateObject StateObjects}.
     *
     * @param expression The {@link DeleteClause parsed object} representing a <code><b>DELETE</b></code>
     * clause
     */
    public void setExpression(DeleteClause expression) {
        super.setExpression(expression);
    }
}