java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
- - org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.LikeExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

Expression
```
public final class LikeExpression
extends AbstractExpression
```
The LIKE condition is used to specify a search for a pattern.
The string_expression must have a string value. The pattern_value is a string literal or a string-valued input parameter in which an underscore (_) stands for any single character, a percent (%) character stands for any sequence of characters (including the empty sequence), and all other characters stand for themselves. The optional escape_character is a single-character string literal or a character-valued input parameter (i.e., char or Character) and is used to escape the special meaning of the underscore and percent characters in pattern_value.
BNF: like_expression ::= string_expression [NOT] LIKE pattern_value [ESCAPE escape_character]

Since:

2.3

Version:

2.5

Author:

Pascal Filion

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
  COMMA, DOT, DOUBLE_QUOTE, LEFT_CURLY_BRACKET, LEFT_PARENTHESIS, NOT_DEFINED, RIGHT_CURLY_BRACKET, RIGHT_PARENTHESIS, SINGLE_QUOTE, SPACE, UNDERSCORE
- Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression
  ABS, ALL, AND, ANY, AS, AS_OF, ASC, AVG, BETWEEN, BIT_LENGTH, BOTH, CASE, CAST, CHAR_LENGTH, CHARACTER_LENGTH, CLASS, COALESCE, COLUMN, CONCAT, CONNECT_BY, COUNT, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, DELETE, DELETE_FROM, DESC, DIFFERENT, DISTINCT, DIVISION, ELSE, EMPTY, END, ENTRY, EQUAL, ESCAPE, EXCEPT, EXISTS, EXTRACT, FALSE, FETCH, FIRST, FROM, FUNC, FUNCTION, GREATER_THAN, GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL, GROUP_BY, HAVING, IN, INDEX, INNER, INNER_JOIN, INNER_JOIN_FETCH, INTERSECT, IS, IS_EMPTY, IS_NOT_EMPTY, IS_NOT_NULL, IS_NULL, JOIN, JOIN_FETCH, KEY, LAST, LEADING, LEFT, LEFT_JOIN, LEFT_JOIN_FETCH, LEFT_OUTER_JOIN, LEFT_OUTER_JOIN_FETCH, LENGTH, LIKE, LOCATE, LOWER, LOWER_THAN, LOWER_THAN_OR_EQUAL, MAX, MEMBER, MEMBER_OF, MIN, MINUS, MOD, MULTIPLICATION, NAMED_PARAMETER, NEW, NOT, NOT_BETWEEN, NOT_EQUAL, NOT_EXISTS, NOT_IN, NOT_LIKE, NOT_MEMBER, NOT_MEMBER_OF, NULL, NULLIF, NULLS, NULLS_FIRST, NULLS_LAST, OBJECT, OF, ON, OPERATOR, OR, ORDER_BY, ORDER_SIBLINGS_BY, OUTER, PLUS, POSITION, POSITIONAL_PARAMETER, QUOTE, REGEXP, SCN, SELECT, SET, SIZE, SOME, SQL, SQRT, START_WITH, SUBSTRING, SUM, TABLE, THEN, TIMESTAMP, TRAILING, TREAT, TRIM, TRUE, TYPE, UNION, UNKNOWN, UPDATE, UPPER, VALUE, WHEN, WHERE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

LikeExpression(AbstractExpression parent, AbstractExpression stringExpression)
Creates a new LikeExpression.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)`	Visits this `Expression` by the given `visitor`.
`void`	`acceptChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor)`	Visits the children of this `Expression`.
`JPQLQueryBNF`	`findQueryBNF(Expression expression)`	Retrieves the `JPQLQueryBNF` that represents the fragment of this `Expression` that was used when parsing the given `Expression`.
`String`	`getActualEscapeIdentifier()`	Returns the actual ESCAPE found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.
`String`	`getActualLikeIdentifier()`	Returns the actual LIKE found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.
`String`	`getActualNotIdentifier()`	Returns the actual NOT found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.
`Expression`	`getEscapeCharacter()`	Returns the `Expression` that represents the escape character, which is either a single character or an input parameter.
`String`	`getIdentifier()`	Returns the enum constant that represents the identifier.
`Expression`	`getPatternValue()`	Returns the `Expression` that represents the pattern value.
`JPQLQueryBNF`	`getQueryBNF()`	Returns the BNF of this `Expression`.
`Expression`	`getStringExpression()`	Returns the `Expression` that represents the string expression.
`boolean`	`hasEscape()`	Determines whether the identifier ESCAPE was parsed.
`boolean`	`hasEscapeCharacter()`	Determines whether the escape character was parsed, which is either a single character or an input parameter.
`boolean`	`hasNot()`	Determines whether the identifier NOT was parsed.
`boolean`	`hasPatternValue()`	Determines whether the pattern value was parsed.
`boolean`	`hasSpaceAfterEscape()`	Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after ESCAPE.
`boolean`	`hasSpaceAfterLike()`	Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after LIKE.
`boolean`	`hasSpaceAfterPatternValue()`	Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the pattern value.
`boolean`	`hasSpaceAfterStringExpression()`	Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the string expression.
`boolean`	`hasStringExpression()`	Determines whether the string expression was parsed.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression
children, getGrammar, getIdentifierVersion, getLength, getOffset, getParent, getQueryBNF, getRoot, isAncestor, orderedChildren, populatePosition, toActualText, toParsedText, toString

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

- Constructor Detail
  - LikeExpression
```
public LikeExpression(AbstractExpression parent,
                      AbstractExpression stringExpression)
```
    Creates a new LikeExpression.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - The parent of this expression
    
    stringExpression - The first part of this expression, which is the string expression
- Method Detail
  - accept
```
public void accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
```
    Visits this Expression by the given visitor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    visitor - The ExpressionVisitor to visit this object
  - acceptChildren
```
public void acceptChildren(ExpressionVisitor visitor)
```
    Visits the children of this Expression. This method can be used to optimize traversing the children since a new list is not created every time Expression.children() is called.
    This does not traverse the Expression sub-hierarchy, use a subclass of AbstractTraverseChildrenVisitor in order to traverse the entire sub-hierarchy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    visitor - The visitor to visit the children of this object.
  - findQueryBNF
```
public JPQLQueryBNF findQueryBNF(Expression expression)
```
    Retrieves the JPQLQueryBNF that represents the fragment of this Expression that was used when parsing the given Expression.
    
    Specified by:
    
    findQueryBNF in interface Expression
    
    Overrides:
    
    findQueryBNF in class AbstractExpression
    
    Parameters:
    
    expression - The Expression that is a descendant of this one
    
    Returns:
    
    The JPQLQueryBNF that was used to parse the given expression
  - getActualEscapeIdentifier
```
public String getActualEscapeIdentifier()
```
    Returns the actual ESCAPE found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.
    
    Returns:
    
    The ESCAPE identifier that was actually parsed, or an empty string if it was not parsed
  - getActualLikeIdentifier
```
public String getActualLikeIdentifier()
```
    Returns the actual LIKE found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.
    
    Returns:
    
    The LIKE identifier that was actually parsed
  - getActualNotIdentifier
```
public String getActualNotIdentifier()
```
    Returns the actual NOT found in the string representation of the JPQL query, which has the actual case that was used.
    
    Returns:
    
    The NOT identifier that was actually parsed, or an empty string if it was not parsed
  - getEscapeCharacter
```
public Expression getEscapeCharacter()
```
    Returns the Expression that represents the escape character, which is either a single character or an input parameter.
    
    Returns:
    
    The expression that was parsed representing the escape character
  - getIdentifier
```
public String getIdentifier()
```
    Returns the enum constant that represents the identifier.
    
    Returns:
    
    Either LIKE or NOT LIKE
  - getPatternValue
```
public Expression getPatternValue()
```
    Returns the Expression that represents the pattern value.
    
    Returns:
    
    The expression that was parsed representing the pattern value
  - getQueryBNF
```
public JPQLQueryBNF getQueryBNF()
```
    Returns the BNF of this Expression.
    
    Returns:
    
    The JPQLQueryBNF, which represents the grammar of this Expression
  - getStringExpression
```
public Expression getStringExpression()
```
    Returns the Expression that represents the string expression.
    
    Returns:
    
    The expression that was parsed representing the string expression
  - hasEscape
```
public boolean hasEscape()
```
    Determines whether the identifier ESCAPE was parsed.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the identifier ESCAPE was parsed; false otherwise
  - hasEscapeCharacter
```
public boolean hasEscapeCharacter()
```
    Determines whether the escape character was parsed, which is either a single character or an input parameter.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the escape character was parsed; false otherwise
  - hasNot
```
public boolean hasNot()
```
    Determines whether the identifier NOT was parsed.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the identifier NOT was parsed; false otherwise
  - hasPatternValue
```
public boolean hasPatternValue()
```
    Determines whether the pattern value was parsed.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the pattern value was parsed; false otherwise
  - hasSpaceAfterEscape
```
public boolean hasSpaceAfterEscape()
```
    Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after ESCAPE.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there was a whitespace after ESCAPE; false otherwise
  - hasSpaceAfterLike
```
public boolean hasSpaceAfterLike()
```
    Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after LIKE.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there was a whitespace after LIKE; false otherwise
  - hasSpaceAfterPatternValue
```
public boolean hasSpaceAfterPatternValue()
```
    Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the pattern value.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there was a whitespace after the pattern value; false otherwise
  - hasSpaceAfterStringExpression
```
public boolean hasSpaceAfterStringExpression()
```
    Determines whether a whitespace was parsed after the string expression.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there was a whitespace after the string expression; false otherwise
  - hasStringExpression
```
public boolean hasStringExpression()
```
    Determines whether the string expression was parsed.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the string expression was parsed; false otherwise

Class LikeExpression

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.AbstractExpression

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

LikeExpression

Method Detail

accept

acceptChildren

findQueryBNF

getActualEscapeIdentifier

getActualLikeIdentifier

getActualNotIdentifier

getEscapeCharacter

getIdentifier

getPatternValue

getQueryBNF

getStringExpression

hasEscape

hasEscapeCharacter

hasNot

hasPatternValue

hasSpaceAfterEscape

hasSpaceAfterLike

hasSpaceAfterPatternValue

hasSpaceAfterStringExpression

hasStringExpression