/**
 * Copyright 2011-2013 Akiban Technologies, Inc.
 * 
 * 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
 * 
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

/* The original from which this derives bore the following: */

/*

   Derby - Class org.apache.derby.impl.sql.compile.RefTypeCompiler

   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
   The ASF licenses this file to you 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

      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package com.akiban.sql.compiler;

import com.akiban.sql.parser.*;

import com.akiban.sql.StandardException;
import com.akiban.sql.types.DataTypeDescriptor;
import com.akiban.sql.types.TypeId;

/**
 * This class implements TypeCompiler for the SQL REF datatype.
 *
 */

public class RefTypeCompiler extends TypeCompiler
{
    protected RefTypeCompiler(TypeId typeId) {
        super(typeId);
    }

    /** @see TypeCompiler#getCorrespondingPrimitiveTypeName */
    public String getCorrespondingPrimitiveTypeName() {
        assert false : "getCorrespondingPrimitiveTypeName not implemented for SQLRef";
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Get the method name for getting out the corresponding primitive
     * Java type.
     *
     * @return String The method call name for getting the
     *                              corresponding primitive Java type.
     */
    public String getPrimitiveMethodName() {
        return "getObject";
    }

    /**
     * @see TypeCompiler#getCastToCharWidth
     */
    public int getCastToCharWidth(DataTypeDescriptor dts) {
        assert false : "getCastToCharWidth not implemented for SQLRef";
        return 0;
    }

    /** @see TypeCompiler#convertible */
    public boolean convertible(TypeId otherType, boolean forDataTypeFunction) {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Tell whether this type is compatible with the given type.
     *
     * @see TypeCompiler#compatible */
    public boolean compatible(TypeId otherType) {
        return convertible(otherType, false);
    }

}