/* Copyright 2005-2006 Tim Fennell
*
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*
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package net.sourceforge.stripes.util.bean;
/**
* Represents a single node in a {@link PropertyExpression}. Note that Nodes are static
* and are tied to an expression, <b>not</b> an expression evaluation. Each node stores
* the original String value of the node as well as a typed value which can also be a String
* or one of the built in types such as Integer, Long, Boolean.
*
* @author Tim Fennell
* @since Stripes 1.4
*/
public class Node {
private String stringValue;
private Object typedValue;
private boolean bracketed;
private Node next;
private Node previous;
/** Constructs a new node with the String value and typed value provided. */
public Node(String value, Object typedValue, boolean bracketed) {
this.stringValue = value;
this.typedValue = typedValue;
this.bracketed = bracketed;
}
/**
* Returns the Java type of this node in the expression. Specifically this is the
* type determined for the text in this node, not the type of the property/sub-property
* represented by this node in an evaluation against a specific bean.
*/
public Class<? extends Object> getExpresssionNodeType() {
return typedValue.getClass();
}
/**
* Returns the original String value of this expression node.
* @return the original String value
*/
public String getStringValue() { return stringValue; }
/**
* Returns the typed value for this node as determined when parsing the expression
* @return the typed value (may also be a String)
*/
public Object getTypedValue() { return typedValue; }
/** True if the expression that generated this node was inside square brackets. */
public boolean isBracketed() { return bracketed; }
/** Gets the next node in the expression. Returns null if this is the terminal node. */
public Node getNext() { return next; }
/** Sets the next node in the expression. */
protected void setNext(Node next) { this.next = next; }
/** Gets the previous node in the expression. Returns null if this is the first node. */
public Node getPrevious() { return previous; }
/** Sets the previous node in the expression. */
protected void setPrevious(Node previous) { this.previous = previous; }
/** Simple toString that returns the text that constructed this node. */
@Override
public String toString() { return stringValue; }
}