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

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

import org.eclipse.persistence.expressions.Expression;

/**
 * INTERNAL
 * <p><b>Purpose</b>: Represent a WHERE
 * <p><b>Responsibilities</b>:<ul>
 * <li> Apply this where clause to a query
 * </ul>
 *    @author Jon Driscoll
 *    @since TopLink 5.0
 */
public class WhereNode extends MajorNode {

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

    /**
     * INTERNAL
     * @param context The generation context
     * @return An EclipseLink expression
     */
    public Expression generateExpression(GenerationContext context) {
        Expression whereClause = null;
        if (getLeft() != null) {
            whereClause = getLeft().generateExpression(context);
        }
        return whereClause;
    }

}