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package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.resolver;

import org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.ExpressionTools;

/**
 * This DerivedDeclaration represents an identification variable declaration that was
 * declared in the FROM clause of a SELECT subquery. The
 * "root" object is not an entity name but a derived path expression.
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.IdentificationVariableDeclaration IdentificationVariableDeclaration
 *
 * @version 2.5
 * @since 2.5
 * @author Pascal Filion
 */
public class DerivedDeclaration extends AbstractRangeDeclaration {

	/**
	 * Creates a new DerivedDeclaration.
	 */
	public DerivedDeclaration() {
		super();
	}

	/**
	 * If {@link org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.CollectionMemberDeclaration#isDerived()} is
     * true, then returns the identification variable used in the derived path expression
     * that is defined in the superquery, otherwise returns an empty string.
	 *
	 * @return The identification variable from the superquery if the root path is a derived path
	 * expression
	 */
	public String getSuperqueryVariableName() {
		int index = rootPath.indexOf('.');
		return (index > -1) ? rootPath.substring(0, index) : ExpressionTools.EMPTY_STRING;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	public Type getType() {
		return Type.DERIVED;
	}
}