com.metamatrix.query.sql.symbol
Class SelectSymbol

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.query.sql.symbol.Symbol
      com.metamatrix.query.sql.symbol.SelectSymbol

All Implemented Interfaces:

LanguageObject, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

MultipleElementSymbol, SingleElementSymbol

public abstract class SelectSymbol
extends Symbol

This is the server's representation of a metadata symbol that can be used in a SELECT statement. It exists as a typing mechanism and to provide a single additional method to get an ordered list of elements from each symbol.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

	SelectSymbol(java.lang.String name) Construct a symbol with a name
protected	SelectSymbol(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String canonicalName) Passthrough constructor used for cloning

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.metamatrix.query.sql.symbol.Symbol

clone, equals, getCanonical, getCanonicalName, getName, getOutputName, hashCode, isResolved, setName, setOutputName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.metamatrix.query.sql.LanguageObject

acceptVisitor

Constructor Detail

SelectSymbol

protected SelectSymbol(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String canonicalName)

Passthrough constructor used for cloning

Parameters:

name -

canonicalName -

Since:

4.3

SelectSymbol

public SelectSymbol(java.lang.String name)

Construct a symbol with a name

Parameters:

name - Name of symbol