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package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql;

/**
 * Some {@link org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression Expression} can have a "literal",
 * this enumeration is used to visit an {@link org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression
 * Expression} and to retrieve the right value.
 * <p>
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and
 * expected to change significantly before reaching stability. It is available at this early stage
 * to solicit feedback from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this
 * API will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.JPQLQueryContext#literal(org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression, LiteralType) JPQLQueryContext.literal(Expression, LiteralType)
 * @see LiteralVisitor
 *
 * @version 2.4
 * @since 2.3
 * @author Pascal Filion
 */
public enum LiteralType {

	/**
	 * Retrieves the abstract schema name only.
	 */
	ABSTRACT_SCHEMA_NAME,

	/**
	 * Retrieves the entity type name only.
	 */
	ENTITY_TYPE,

	/**
	 * Retrieves an identification variable name only.
	 */
	IDENTIFICATION_VARIABLE,

	/**
	 * Retrieves the input parameter value.
	 */
	INPUT_PARAMETER,

	/**
	 * Retrieves the entire state field path or collection-valued path expression.
	 */
	PATH_EXPRESSION_ALL_PATH,

	/**
	 * Retrieves the identification variable name of a path expression.
	 */
	PATH_EXPRESSION_IDENTIFICATION_VARIABLE,

	/**
	 * Retrieves the last path of a state field path or collection-valued path expression.
	 */
	PATH_EXPRESSION_LAST_PATH,

	/**
	 * Retrieves the result variable.
	 */
	RESULT_VARIABLE,

	/**
	 * Retrieves the string literal only.
	 */
	STRING_LITERAL;
}