@mysql/xdevapi/lib/DevAPI/TableField.js

MySQL Connector/Node.js - A Node.js driver for MySQL using the X Protocol and X DevAPI.

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'use strict';

const Expr = require('./Expr');
const ExprParser = require('../ExprParser');

/**
 * A column name definition as represented by a string or an X DevAPI
 * expression instance.
 * @typedef {string} TableField
 * @global
 * @example
 * 'foo.bar.baz->>"$qux.quux"'
 */

/**
 * One or more document definitions.
 * @typedef {TableField|TableField[]} TableFields
 * @global
 */

const parser = ExprParser({ type: ExprParser.Type.COLUMN_IDENT });

/**
 * @private
 * @alias module:TableField
 * @param {TableField} value - The full path of a column identifier.
 * @returns {module:TableField}
 */
function TableField (value) {
    return {
        /**
         * Parses the underlying expression and return the result.
         * @private
         * @function
         * @name module:DocumentOrJSON#getValue
         * @returns {ExpressionTree} A plain JavaScript object which
         * represents a tree that results from parsing a given X DevAPI
         * expression instance.
         */
        getValue () {
            return parser.parse(Expr({ value }).getExpressionString()).value;
        }
    };
}

module.exports = TableField;