Literal (Teiid 16.0.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.teiid.language.BaseLanguageObject
- - org.teiid.language.Literal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Expression, LanguageObject
```
public class Literal
extends BaseLanguageObject
implements Expression
```
Represents a literal value that is used in an expression. The value can be obtained and should match the type specified by getType()

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Literal(Object value, Class<?> type)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`acceptVisitor(LanguageObjectVisitor visitor)`
`Class<?>`	`getType()`	Determine the type returned by this expression.
`Object`	`getValue()`
`boolean`	`isBindEligible()`	Set by the optimizer if the literal was created by the evaluation of another expression.
`void`	`setBindEligible(boolean isBindEligible)`
`void`	`setType(Class<?> type)`
`void`	`setValue(Object value)`

Methods inherited from class org.teiid.language.BaseLanguageObject
toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Literal
```
public Literal(Object value,
               Class<?> type)
```
- Method Detail
  - getValue
```
public Object getValue()
```
  - acceptVisitor
```
public void acceptVisitor(LanguageObjectVisitor visitor)
```
    Specified by:
    
    acceptVisitor in interface LanguageObject
  - getType
```
public Class<?> getType()
```
    Description copied from interface: Expression
    
    Determine the type returned by this expression.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getType in interface Expression
    
    Returns:
    
    The type, as defined by a Java class
  - setValue
```
public void setValue(Object value)
```
  - setType
```
public void setType(Class<?> type)
```
  - isBindEligible
```
public boolean isBindEligible()
```
    Set by the optimizer if the literal was created by the evaluation of another expression. Setting to true will not always result in the value being handled as a bind value.
    
    Returns:
  - setBindEligible
```
public void setBindEligible(boolean isBindEligible)
```