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

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package org.apache.openjpa.persistence.query;

/**
 * Denotes SUBSTR(a,i1,i2) Expression.
 * 
 * @author Pinaki Poddar
 *
 */
public class SubStringExpression extends UnaryOperatorExpression {
	private final Expression _start;
	private final Expression _length;
	public SubStringExpression(Expression op, Expression start) {
		super(op, UnaryFunctionalOperator.SUBSTR);
		_start  = start;
		_length = null;
	}
	
	public SubStringExpression(Expression op, int start) {
		super(op, UnaryFunctionalOperator.SUBSTR);
		_start  = new ConstantExpression(start);
		_length = null;
	}
	
	public SubStringExpression(Expression op, int start, int len) {
		super(op, UnaryFunctionalOperator.SUBSTR);
		_start  = new ConstantExpression(start);
		_length = new ConstantExpression(len);
	}
	
    public SubStringExpression(Expression op, Expression start, Expression l) {
		super(op, UnaryFunctionalOperator.SUBSTR);
		_start  = start;
		_length = new ConstantExpression(l);
	}
	
	public String asExpression(AliasContext ctx) {
		return _op + "(" + ((Visitable)_e).asExpression(ctx)  
			 + "," + ((Visitable)_start).asExpression(ctx)
             + (_length == null ? "" : ","
             + ((Visitable)_length).asExpression(ctx)) + ")";
	}
}