TableDefObject.java

/*
Copyright (c) 2008 Health Market Science, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*/

package com.healthmarketscience.sqlbuilder;

import java.io.IOException;
import com.healthmarketscience.common.util.AppendableExt;
import com.healthmarketscience.sqlbuilder.dbspec.Table;


/**
 * Outputs the table definition <code>"&lt;table&gt; [&lt;alias&gt;]"</code>
 * (used for FROM clauses).
 *
 * @author James Ahlborn
 */
class TableDefObject extends TableObject
{
  TableDefObject(Table table) {
    super(table);
  }

  @Override
  public void appendTo(AppendableExt app) throws IOException {
    app.append(_table.getTableNameSQL());
    String alias = _table.getAlias();
    if(hasAlias(alias)) {
      app.append(" ").append(alias);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if the given alias is a non-empty string, {@code
   * false} otherwise.
   */
  public static boolean hasAlias(String alias) {
    return ((alias != null) && (alias.length() > 0));
  }
}