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21 // Copyright (c) 1998, 2006, Oracle. All rights reserved.
22
package oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing;
23
24 import oracle.toplink.essentials.expressions.*;
25
26 /**
27  * INTERNAL
28  * <p><b>Purpose</b>: Represent a '<' in EJBQL
29  * <p><b>Responsibilities</b>:<ul>
30  * <li> Generate the correct expression for a '<'
31  * </ul>
32  * @author Jon Driscoll and Joel Lucuik
33  * @since TopLink 4.0
34  */

35 public class LessThanNode extends BinaryOperatorNode {
36
37     /**
38      * LessThanNode constructor comment.
39      */

40     public LessThanNode() {
41         super();
42     }
43
44     /**
45      * INTERNAL
46      * Validate the current node and calculates its type.
47      */

48     public void validate(ParseTreeContext context) {
49         super.validate(context);
50         TypeHelper typeHelper = context.getTypeHelper();
51         setType(typeHelper.getBooleanType());
52     }
53
54     /**
55      * INTERNAL
56      * Resolve the expression. The steps are:
57      * 1. Set the expressionBuilder for the left and right nodes
58      * 2. Generate the expression for the left node
59      * 3. Add the .lessThan to the where clause returned from step 2
60      * 4. Generate the expression for the right side and use it as the parameter for the .lessThan()
61      * 5. Return the completed where clause to the caller
62      */

63     public Expression generateExpression(GenerationContext context) {
64         Expression whereClause = getLeft().generateExpression(context);
65         whereClause = whereClause.lessThan(getRight().generateExpression(context));
66         return whereClause;
67     }
68
69     /**
70      * INTERNAL
71      * Get the string representation of this node.
72      */

73     public String JavaDoc getAsString() {
74         return left.getAsString() + " < " + right.getAsString();
75     }
76 }
77
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