src/main/java/org/apache/sling/pipes/internal/slingquery/AbstractExpressionSlingQueryPipe.java

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package org.apache.sling.pipes.internal.slingquery;

import org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource;
import org.apache.sling.pipes.PipeBindings;
import org.apache.sling.pipes.Plumber;
import org.apache.sling.query.SlingQuery;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * deals with sling query pipe code that takes an expression as input
 */
public abstract class AbstractExpressionSlingQueryPipe extends AbstractSlingQueryPipe {
    Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractExpressionSlingQueryPipe.class);
    public AbstractExpressionSlingQueryPipe(Plumber plumber, Resource resource, PipeBindings upperBindings) {
        super(plumber, resource, upperBindings);
    }

    /**
     * generates a sling query object out of a resource and an expression
     * @param resource input resource
     * @param expression pipe's expression configuration
     * @return SlingQuery object
     */
    protected abstract SlingQuery getQuery(Resource resource, String expression);

    @Override
    protected SlingQuery getQuery(Resource resource) {
        try {
            String expression = getExpr();
            logger.debug("executing sling query pipe with expression {}", expression);
            return getQuery(resource, expression);
        } catch (RuntimeException e){
            logger.error("please check pipe expressions", e);
        }
        return null;
    }
}