Class ConstantNode

All Implemented Interfaces:
Visitable
Direct Known Subclasses:
BitConstantNode, BooleanConstantNode, CharConstantNode, NumericConstantNode, UntypedNullConstantNode, UserTypeConstantNode, XMLConstantNode

abstract class ConstantNode extends ValueNode
ConstantNode holds literal constants as well as nulls.

A NULL from the parser may not yet know its type; that must be set during binding, as it is for parameters.

the DataValueDescriptor methods want to throw exceptions when they are of the wrong type, but to do that they must check typeId when the value is null, rather than the instanceof check they do for returning a valid value.

For code generation, we generate a static field. Then we set the field be the proper constant expression (something like getDatavalueFactory().getCharDataValue("hello", ...)) ) in the constructor of the generated method. Ideally we would have just

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • setValue

      void setValue(DataValueDescriptor value)
      Set the value in this ConstantNode.
    • getValue

      Get the value in this ConstantNode
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Convert this object to a String. See comments in QueryTreeNode.java for how this should be done for tree printing.
      Overrides:
      toString in class ValueNode
      Returns:
      This object as a String
    • isCloneable

      boolean isCloneable()
      Return whether or not this expression tree is cloneable.
      Overrides:
      isCloneable in class ValueNode
      Returns:
      boolean Whether or not this expression tree is cloneable.
    • getClone

      ValueNode getClone()
      Return a clone of this node.
      Overrides:
      getClone in class ValueNode
      Returns:
      ValueNode A clone of this node.
    • bindExpression

      ValueNode bindExpression(FromList fromList, SubqueryList subqueryList, List<AggregateNode> aggregates) throws StandardException
      Bind this expression. This means binding the sub-expressions, as well as figuring out what the return type is for this expression. In this case, there are no sub-expressions, and the return type is already known, so this is just a stub.
      Overrides:
      bindExpression in class ValueNode
      Parameters:
      fromList - The FROM list for the query this expression is in, for binding columns.
      subqueryList - The subquery list being built as we find SubqueryNodes
      aggregates - The aggregate list being built as we find AggregateNodes
      Returns:
      The new top of the expression tree.
      Throws:
      StandardException - Thrown on error. Although this class doesn't throw this exception, it's subclasses do and hence this method signature here needs to have throws StandardException
    • isConstantExpression

      boolean isConstantExpression()
      Return whether or not this expression tree represents a constant expression.
      Overrides:
      isConstantExpression in class ValueNode
      Returns:
      Whether or not this expression tree represents a constant expression.
    • constantExpression

      boolean constantExpression(PredicateList whereClause)
      Description copied from class: ValueNode
      Return whether or not this expression tree represents a constant value. In this case, "constant" means that it will always evaluate to the same thing, even if it includes columns. A column is constant if it is compared to a constant expression.
      Overrides:
      constantExpression in class ValueNode
      Returns:
      True means this expression tree represents a constant value.
      See Also:
    • generateExpression

      void generateExpression(ExpressionClassBuilder acb, MethodBuilder mb) throws StandardException
      For a ConstantNode, we generate the equivalent literal value. A null is generated as a Null value cast to the type of the constant node. The subtypes of ConstantNode generate literal expressions for non-null values.
      Overrides:
      generateExpression in class ValueNode
      Parameters:
      acb - The ExpressionClassBuilder for the class being built
      mb - The method the code to place the code
      Throws:
      StandardException - Thrown on error
    • generateConstant

      abstract void generateConstant(ExpressionClassBuilder acb, MethodBuilder mb) throws StandardException
      This generates the proper constant. It is implemented by every specific constant node (e.g. IntConstantNode).
      Parameters:
      acb - The ExpressionClassBuilder for the class being built
      mb - The method the code to place the code
      Throws:
      StandardException - Thrown on error
    • isNull

      boolean isNull()
      Return whether or not this node represents a typed null constant.
    • getOrderableVariantType

      protected int getOrderableVariantType()
      Return the variant type for the underlying expression. The variant type can be: VARIANT - variant within a scan (method calls and non-static field access) SCAN_INVARIANT - invariant within a scan (column references from outer tables) QUERY_INVARIANT - invariant within the life of a query VARIANT - immutable
      Overrides:
      getOrderableVariantType in class ValueNode
      Returns:
      The variant type for the underlying expression.
    • isEquivalent

      boolean isEquivalent(ValueNode o) throws StandardException
      Description copied from class: ValueNode
      Tests if this node is equivalent to the specified ValueNode. Two ValueNodes are considered equivalent if they will evaluate to the same value during query execution.

      This method provides basic expression matching facility for the derived class of ValueNode and it is used by the language layer to compare the node structural form of the two expressions for equivalence at bind phase.

      Note that it is not comparing the actual row values at runtime to produce a result; hence, when comparing SQL NULLs, they are considered to be equivalent and not unknown.

      One usage case of this method in this context is to compare the select column expression against the group by expression to check if they are equivalent. e.g.:

      SELECT c1+c2 FROM t1 GROUP BY c1+c2

      In general, node equivalence is determined by the derived class of ValueNode. But they generally abide to the rules below:

      • The two ValueNodes must be of the same node type to be considered equivalent. e.g.: CastNode vs. CastNode - equivalent (if their args also match), ColumnReference vs CastNode - not equivalent.
      • If node P contains other ValueNode(s) and so on, those node(s) must also be of the same node type to be considered equivalent.
      • If node P takes a parameter list, then the number of arguments and its arguments for the two nodes must also match to be considered equivalent. e.g.: CAST(c1 as INTEGER) vs CAST(c1 as SMALLINT), they are not equivalent.
      • When comparing SQL NULLs in this context, they are considered to be equivalent.
      • If this does not apply or it is determined that the two nodes are not equivalent then the derived class of this method should return false; otherwise, return true.
      Specified by:
      isEquivalent in class ValueNode
      Parameters:
      o - the node to compare this ValueNode against.
      Returns:
      true if the two nodes are equivalent, false otherwise.
      Throws:
      StandardException