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| package org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.uri.expression; |
| |
| import org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.EdmType; |
| |
| /** |
| * Parent class of all classes used to build the expression tree |
| * <br> |
| * <br> |
| * <p>This interface defines the default methods for all expression tree nodes |
| * <br> |
| * <br> |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface CommonExpression extends Visitable { |
| /** |
| * @return Kind of this expression |
| * @see ExpressionKind |
| */ |
| ExpressionKind getKind(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return The return type of the value represented with |
| * this expression. For example the {@link #getEdmType()} method |
| * for an expression representing the "concat" method will return always |
| * "Edm.String".<br> |
| * <br> |
| * <p>This type information is set while parsing the $filter or $orderby |
| * expressions and used to do a first validation of the expression. |
| * For calculating operators like "add, sub, mul" this type |
| * information is purely based on input and output types of the |
| * operator as defined in the OData specification. |
| * So for $filter=2 add 7 the {@link #getEdmType()} method of the binary expression |
| * will return Edm.Byte and not Edm.Int16 because the parser performs no real |
| * addition.<br> |
| * <br> |
| * <p>However, the application may change this type while evaluating the |
| * expression tree. |
| */ |
| EdmType getEdmType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Set the edmType of this expression node |
| * @param edmType Type to be set |
| * @return A self reference for method chaining" |
| */ |
| CommonExpression setEdmType(EdmType edmType); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the URI literal which lead to the creation of this expression. |
| * @return URI literal |
| */ |
| String getUriLiteral(); |
| } |