foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/org/eclipse/persistence/internal/jpa/parsing/StringLiteralNode.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.parsing;


/**
 * INTERNAL
 * <p><b>Purpose</b>: Represent a String literal
 * <p><b>Responsibilities</b>:<ul>
 * <li> Generate the correct expression for the string
 * </ul>
 *    @author Jon Driscoll and Joel Lucuik
 *    @since TopLink 4.0
 */
public class StringLiteralNode extends LiteralNode {

    /**
     * Return a new StringLiteralNode
     */
    public StringLiteralNode() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Return a new StringLiteralNode with the internal string set to the
     * passed value
     */
    public StringLiteralNode(String theString) {
        super();
        setLiteral(theString);
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL
     * Validate node and calculate its type.
     */
    public void validate(ParseTreeContext context) {
        TypeHelper typeHelper = context.getTypeHelper();
        setType(typeHelper.getStringType());
    }
}