SubqueryExpression.java

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package org.datanucleus.query.expression;

import org.datanucleus.query.compiler.Symbol;
import org.datanucleus.query.compiler.SymbolTable;

/**
 * Expression containing a subquery.
 * A subquery is formed from a keyword and a variable expression representing the subquery, so something like
 * <pre>KEYWORD(subquery)</pre>
 * e.g
 * <pre>EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM MYTABLE WHERE MYID = 4)</pre>
 */
public class SubqueryExpression extends Expression
{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 833340286814838655L;

    String keyword;

    /**
     * @param keyword The keyword on the subquery
     * @param operand The variable expression representing the subquery
     */
    public SubqueryExpression(String keyword, VariableExpression operand)
    {
        this.keyword = keyword;
        this.right = operand;
    }

    public Symbol bind(SymbolTable symtbl)
    {
        right.bind(symtbl);

        return null;
    }

    public String getKeyword()
    {
        return keyword;
    }

    public String toString()
    {
        return "SubqueryExpression{" + keyword + "(" + right + ")}";
    }
}