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package org.hibernate.dialect;
import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Defines how we need to reference columns in the group-by, having, and order-by
 * clauses.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public class ResultColumnReferenceStrategy implements Serializable {

	private static final Map INSTANCES = new HashMap();

	/**
	 * This strategy says to reference the result columns by the qualified column name
	 * found in the result source.  This strategy is not strictly allowed by ANSI SQL
	 * but is Hibernate's legacy behavior and is also the fastest of the strategies; thus
	 * it should be used if supported by the underlying database.
	 */
	public static final ResultColumnReferenceStrategy SOURCE = new ResultColumnReferenceStrategy( "source");

	/**
	 * For databases which do not support {@link #SOURCE}, ANSI SQL defines two allowable
	 * approaches.  One is to reference the result column by the alias it is given in the
	 * result source (if it is given an alias).  This strategy says to use this approach.
	 * <p/>
	 * The other QNSI SQL compliant approach is {@link #ORDINAL}.
	 */
	public static final ResultColumnReferenceStrategy ALIAS = new ResultColumnReferenceStrategy( "alias" );

	/**
	 * For databases which do not support {@link #SOURCE}, ANSI SQL defines two allowable
	 * approaches.  One is to reference the result column by the ordinal position at which
	 * it appears in the result source.  This strategy says to use this approach.
	 * <p/>
	 * The other QNSI SQL compliant approach is {@link #ALIAS}.
	 */
	public static final ResultColumnReferenceStrategy ORDINAL = new ResultColumnReferenceStrategy( "ordinal" );

	static {
		ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.INSTANCES.put( ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.SOURCE.name, ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.SOURCE );
		ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.INSTANCES.put( ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.ALIAS.name, ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.ALIAS );
		ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.INSTANCES.put( ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.ORDINAL.name, ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.ORDINAL );
	}

	private final String name;

	public ResultColumnReferenceStrategy(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	public String toString() {
		return name;
	}

	private Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException {
		return parse( name );
	}

	public static ResultColumnReferenceStrategy parse(String name) {
		return ( ResultColumnReferenceStrategy ) ResultColumnReferenceStrategy.INSTANCES.get( name );
	}
}