openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/query/LocateExpression.java

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package org.apache.openjpa.persistence.query;

/**
 * Denotes LOCATE(e1, e2, n) Expression.
 * e1 : string to be located
 * e2 : string to be searched
 * n  : starting poistion in e2, default is 1
 * 
 * @author Pinaki Poddar
 *
 */
public class LocateExpression extends BinaryOperatorExpression  {
	private final Expression _start;

	public LocateExpression(Expression key, String str, int start) {
        super(key, BinaryFunctionalOperator.LOCATE,
                new ConstantExpression(str));
		_start = new ConstantExpression(start);
	}
	
	public LocateExpression(Expression key, Expression str, int start) {
		super(key, BinaryFunctionalOperator.LOCATE, str);
		_start = new ConstantExpression(start);
	}
	
	public LocateExpression(Expression key, String str, Expression start) {
        super(key, BinaryFunctionalOperator.LOCATE,
                new ConstantExpression(str));
		_start = start;
	}
	
    public LocateExpression(Expression key, Expression str, Expression start) {
        super(key, BinaryFunctionalOperator.LOCATE, str);
		_start = start;
	}
	
	public String asExpression(AliasContext ctx) {
        String start = _start == null ? EMPTY : COMMA +
                ((Visitable)_start).asExpression(ctx);
		return new StringBuilder(_op.toString())
		    .append(OPEN_BRACE)
		    .append(((Visitable)_e1).asExpression(ctx))
		    .append(COMMA) 
		    .append(((Visitable)_e2).asExpression(ctx)) 
		    .append(start)
		    .append(CLOSE_BRACE).toString();
	}

}