Package com.mckoi.database

Interface ExpressionPreparer

public interface ExpressionPreparer

An interface used to prepare an Expression object. This interface is used to mutate an element of an Expression from one form to another. For example, we may use this to translate a StatementTree object to a Statement object.

Author:

Tobias Downer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canPrepare(java.lang.Object element)	Returns true if this preparer will prepare the given object in an expression.
java.lang.Object	prepare(java.lang.Object element)	Returns the new translated object to be mutated from the given element.

Method Detail

canPrepare

boolean canPrepare(java.lang.Object element)

Returns true if this preparer will prepare the given object in an expression.

prepare

java.lang.Object prepare(java.lang.Object element)
                  throws DatabaseException

Returns the new translated object to be mutated from the given element.

Throws:

DatabaseException