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package org.apache.openjpa.persistence.query;

/**
 * Denotes an item of ORDER BY clause.
 * 
 * @author Pinaki Poddar
 *
 */
public class OrderableItem extends AbstractVisitable 
    implements OrderByItem, Visitable {
	private final Boolean _asc;
	private final ExpressionImpl _e;
	
	OrderableItem(ExpressionImpl path) {
		this(path, null);
	}
	
	public ExpressionImpl getExpression() {
		return _e;
	}
	
	OrderableItem(ExpressionImpl path, Boolean asc) {
		super();
		this._asc = asc;
		this._e = path;
	}
	
	public String asExpression(AliasContext ctx) {
        return (ctx.hasAlias(_e) ? ctx.getAlias(_e) : _e.asExpression(ctx))
		    + (_asc == null ? "" : (_asc ? " ASC " : " DESC"));
	}
}
