CurrentTimeExpression.java

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package org.apache.openjpa.persistence.query;

import java.sql.Time;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Denotes CURRENT_TIME(), CURRENT_DATE() and CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() expressions.
 * 
 * @author Pinaki Poddar
 *
 */
public class CurrentTimeExpression extends ExpressionImpl {
	private static enum Now {
		CURRENT_DATE,
		CURRENT_TIME,
		CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
	}
	
	private final Class _type;

	public CurrentTimeExpression(Class operand) {
		_type = operand;
	}
	
	@Override
	public String asExpression(AliasContext ctx) {
		Now now = (_type == Date.class 
				? Now.CURRENT_DATE
				: (_type == Time.class
                        ? Now.CURRENT_TIME : Now.CURRENT_TIMESTAMP));
		return now.toString();
	}
	
	@Override
	public String asProjection(AliasContext ctx) {
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}
}