org.teiid.connector.language
Interface ILiteral

All Superinterfaces:

IExpression, ILanguageObject

public interface ILiteral
extends IExpression

Represents a literal value that is used in an expression. The value can be obtained and should match the type specified by getType().

Method Summary

java.lang.Class<?>	getType() Get the Java type of the literal
java.lang.Object	getValue() Get the value of the literal
boolean	isBindValue() Returns true if this literal should be treated as a bind value
boolean	isMultiValued() Returns true if the value for this literal is a list of values.
void	setBindValue(boolean bindValue) Set whether this literal should be treated as a bind value
void	setMultiValued(boolean multiValued) Set whether the value for this literal is a list of values.
void	setType(java.lang.Class<?> type) Set the Java type of the literal
void	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Set the value of the literal

Methods inherited from interface org.teiid.connector.language.ILanguageObject

acceptVisitor

Method Detail

getValue

java.lang.Object getValue()

Get the value of the literal

Returns:

Object of value

getType

java.lang.Class<?> getType()

Get the Java type of the literal

Specified by:

getType in interface IExpression

Returns:

Java class name of type

setValue

void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

Set the value of the literal

Parameters:

value - Object of value

setType

void setType(java.lang.Class<?> type)

Set the Java type of the literal

Specified by:

setType in interface IExpression

Parameters:

type - Java class name of type

isBindValue

boolean isBindValue()

Returns true if this literal should be treated as a bind value

setBindValue

void setBindValue(boolean bindValue)

Set whether this literal should be treated as a bind value

Parameters:

bindValue -

isMultiValued

boolean isMultiValued()

Returns true if the value for this literal is a list of values.

Returns:

setMultiValued

void setMultiValued(boolean multiValued)

Set whether the value for this literal is a list of values.

Parameters:

multiValued -