com.ibm.tivoli.maximo.report.cognos.metadata.generator

Class ExpressionParser

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.tivoli.maximo.report.cognos.metadata.generator.ExpressionParser

public class ExpressionParser
extends java.lang.Object

This class is responsible for parsing the where clause expression.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExpressionParser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Expression	parseExpression(java.lang.String childName, java.lang.String parentName, java.lang.String relationshipName, java.lang.String whereClause, java.lang.String databaseType) This method is responsible for parsing the where clause to construct the Expression object, in case of any complex expression, an exception is thrown.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExpressionParser

public ExpressionParser()

Method Detail

parseExpression

public static Expression parseExpression(java.lang.String childName,
                                         java.lang.String parentName,
                                         java.lang.String relationshipName,
                                         java.lang.String whereClause,
                                         java.lang.String databaseType)
                                  throws CognosTransformationException

This method is responsible for parsing the where clause to construct the Expression object, in case of any complex expression, an exception is thrown.

The names for the source query items are lowered case if the database type is SQL-Server.

Parameters:

childName - the name of the object detail object

parentName - the name of the parent object

relationshipName - the relationship name

whereClause - the where clause to be parsed

databaseType - the Maximo database name, only needed if the database type is SQL-Server

Throws:

CognosTransformationException - if exception occurred while parsing the expression