org.intermine.sql.query
Class AbstractTable

java.lang.Object
  org.intermine.sql.query.AbstractTable

All Implemented Interfaces:

SQLStringable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SubQuery, Table

public abstract class AbstractTable
extends java.lang.Object
implements SQLStringable

An abstract representation of an item that can be present in the FROM section of an SQL query.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String

alias

Constructor Summary

AbstractTable()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Overrides Object.equals().
abstract boolean	equalsIgnoreAlias(AbstractTable obj) Compare this AbstractTable to another, ignoring little details like aliases.
boolean	equalsOnlyAlias(AbstractTable obj) Compare this AbstractTable to another, only comparing the alias.
java.lang.String	getAlias() Returns the alias for this AbstractTable object.
abstract java.lang.String	getSQLString() Returns a String representation of this AbstractTable object, suitable for forming part of an SQL query.
abstract int	hashCode() Overrides Object.hashcode().
void	setAlias(java.lang.String alias) Sets the alias for this AbstractTable object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

alias

protected java.lang.String alias

Constructor Detail

AbstractTable

public AbstractTable()

Method Detail

getAlias

public java.lang.String getAlias()

Returns the alias for this AbstractTable object.

Returns:

the alias of this "table"

setAlias

public void setAlias(java.lang.String alias)

Sets the alias for this AbstractTable object.

Parameters:

alias - the alias of this "table"

getSQLString

public abstract java.lang.String getSQLString()

Returns a String representation of this AbstractTable object, suitable for forming part of an SQL query.

Specified by:

getSQLString in interface SQLStringable

Returns:

the String representation

equals

public abstract boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides Object.equals().

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - an Object to compare to

Returns:

true if obj is equal

hashCode

public abstract int hashCode()

Overrides Object.hashcode().

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

an arbitrary integer based on the contents of the object

equalsIgnoreAlias

public abstract boolean equalsIgnoreAlias(AbstractTable obj)

Compare this AbstractTable to another, ignoring little details like aliases.

Parameters:

obj - an AbstractTable to compare to

Returns:

true if obj is equal

equalsOnlyAlias

public boolean equalsOnlyAlias(AbstractTable obj)

Compare this AbstractTable to another, only comparing the alias.

Parameters:

obj - an AbstractTable to compare to

Returns:

true if obj has the same alias