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package org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.kernel.exps;

import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.DBDictionary;
import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.SQLBuffer;
import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.Select;

/**
 * Returns the number of characters in a string.
 *
 * @author Marc Prud'hommeaux
 */
public class StringLength
    extends StringFunction {

    
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    private Class _cast = null;

    /**
     * Constructor. Provide the string to operate on.
     */
    public StringLength(Val val) {
        super(val);
    }

    @Override
    public Class getType() {
        if (_cast != null)
            return _cast;
        return int.class;
    }

    @Override
    public void setImplicitType(Class type) {
        _cast = type;
    }

    @Override
    public void appendTo(Select sel, ExpContext ctx, ExpState state,
        SQLBuffer buf, int index) {
        DBDictionary dict = ctx.store.getDBDictionary();
        String func = dict.stringLengthFunction;
        dict.assertSupport(func != null, "StringLengthFunction");
        func = dict.getCastFunction(getValue(), func);

        int idx = func.indexOf("{0}");
        buf.append(func.substring(0, idx));
        getValue().appendTo(sel, ctx, state, buf, index);
        buf.append(func.substring(idx + 3));
    }

    @Override
    public int getId() {
        return Val.LENGTH_VAL;
    }
}

