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<h2 title="Interface FilterValue" class="title">Interface FilterValue</h2>
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<pre>public interface <span class="strong">FilterValue</span></pre>
<div class="block">The simplified public view of any non-operator in a query filter,
including constants, variables, and object fields.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Author:</span></dt>
<dd>Abe White</dd></dl>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#appendTo(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.SQLBuffer)">appendTo</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/SQLBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql">SQLBuffer</a>&nbsp;buf)</code>
<div class="block">Append the first SQL element for this value to the given buffer.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#appendTo(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.SQLBuffer,%20int)">appendTo</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/SQLBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql">SQLBuffer</a>&nbsp;buf,
int&nbsp;index)</code>
<div class="block">Append the <code>index</code>th SQL element for this value to the
given buffer.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ClassMapping.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ClassMapping</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getClassMapping()">getClassMapping</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">If this is a path to a persistent object, return its class mapping,
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getColumnAlias(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.Column)">getColumnAlias</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Column.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema">Column</a>&nbsp;col)</code>
<div class="block">Return the alias to use for the given column (this includes the table
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getColumnAlias(java.lang.String,%20org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.Table)">getColumnAlias</a></strong>(<a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;col,
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<div class="block">Return the alias to use for the given column (this includes the table
alias prefix, if any).</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/FieldMapping.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">FieldMapping</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getFieldMapping()">getFieldMapping</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">If this is a path to a persistent field, return its mapping, else
return null.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getSQLValue()">getSQLValue</a></strong>()</code>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getType()">getType</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Return the expected type of this value.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getValue()">getValue</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">If this is a constant, return its value, else return null.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getXmlMapping()">getXmlMapping</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">If this is an XPath, return XML mapping metadata,
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/PCPath.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.kernel.exps">PCPath</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#getXPath()">getXPath</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">If this is an XPath, return it,
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#isConstant()">isConstant</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Return true if this value represents a literal or parameter.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#isPath()">isPath</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Return true if this value represents a persistent field traversal,
such as 'this', 'address.street', or 'projectVariable.title'.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#length()">length</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Return the number of SQL elements in this value.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#requiresCast()">requiresCast</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">return true if CAST is required for this filter value
else return false.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/exps/FilterValue.html#toDataStoreValue(java.lang.Object)">toDataStoreValue</a></strong>(<a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>&nbsp;val)</code>
<div class="block">Transform the given value into its datastore equivalent.</div>
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<div class="block">Append the <code>index</code>th SQL element for this value to the
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