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<h2 title="Class ComparisonExpression" class="title">Class ComparisonExpression</h2>
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<pre>public final class <span class="typeNameLabel">ComparisonExpression</span>
extends <a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/CompoundExpression.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser">CompoundExpression</a></pre>
<div class="block">Only the values of like types are permitted to be compared. A type is like another type if they
correspond to the same Java language type, or if one is a primitive Java language type and the
other is the wrapped Java class type equivalent (e.g., int and Integer are like types in this
sense).
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There is one exception to this rule: it is valid to compare numeric values for which the rules of
numeric promotion apply. Conditional expressions attempting to compare non-like type values are
disallowed except for this numeric case.
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Note that the arithmetic operators and comparison operators are permitted to be applied to
state-fields and input parameters of the wrapped Java class equivalents to the primitive numeric
Java types. Two entities of the same abstract schema type are equal if and only if they have the
same primary key value. Only equality/inequality comparisons over enumeration constants are
required to be supported.
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<b>JPA 1.0 - BNF:</b>
<pre><code>comparison_expression ::= string_expression comparison_operator {string_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
boolean_expression {=| &lt;&gt;} {boolean_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
enum_expression {=| &lt;&gt;} {enum_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
datetime_expression comparison_operator {datetime_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
entity_expression {=| &lt;&gt;} {entity_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
arithmetic_expression comparison_operator {arithmetic_expression | all_or_any_expression}</code></pre>
<b>JPA 2.0 - BNF:</b>
<pre><code>comparison_expression ::= string_expression comparison_operator {string_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
boolean_expression {=| &lt;&gt;} {boolean_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
enum_expression {=| &lt;&gt;} {enum_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
datetime_expression comparison_operator {datetime_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
entity_expression {=| &lt;&gt;} {entity_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
arithmetic_expression comparison_operator {arithmetic_expression | all_or_any_expression} |
<b>entity_type_expression {=| &lt;&gt;} entity_type_expression}</b></code></pre></div>
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<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Version:</span></dt>
<dd>2.5</dd>
<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt>
<dd>Pascal Filion</dd>
<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt>
<dd>2.3</dd>
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<pre>public&nbsp;ComparisonExpression(<a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/AbstractExpression.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser">AbstractExpression</a>&nbsp;parent,
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<div class="block">Creates a new <code>ComparisonExpression</code>.</div>
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<pre>public&nbsp;void&nbsp;accept(<a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser">ExpressionVisitor</a>&nbsp;visitor)</pre>
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<div class="block">Returns the comparison operator, which is either '=', '&gt;', '&gt;=', '&lt;', '&lt;=' or '&lt;&gt;'.</div>
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<div class="block">Returns the unique identifier of the <a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/JPQLQueryBNF.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser"><code>JPQLQueryBNF</code></a> for the left expression.</div>
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<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/JPQLQueryBNF.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser">JPQLQueryBNF</a>&nbsp;getQueryBNF()</pre>
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<div class="block">Returns the unique identifier of the <a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/JPQLQueryBNF.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser"><code>JPQLQueryBNF</code></a> for the right expression.</div>
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<pre>protected&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;isParsingComplete(<a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/WordParser.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql">WordParser</a>&nbsp;wordParser,
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<div class="block">Determines whether the parsing is complete based on what is left in the given text. The text
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/AbstractExpression.html#isParsingComplete-org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.WordParser-java.lang.String-org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser.Expression-">isParsingComplete</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/AbstractExpression.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser">AbstractExpression</a></code></dd>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>wordParser</code> - The text to parse based on the current position of the cursor</dd>
<dd><code>word</code> - The word that was retrieved from the given text, which is the first word in the text</dd>
<dd><code>expression</code> - The <a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/Expression.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser"><code>Expression</code></a> that has already been parsed</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd><code>true</code> if the text no longer can't be parsed by the current expression;
<code>false</code> if more can be parsed</dd>
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<pre>protected&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;parseIdentifier(<a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/WordParser.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql">WordParser</a>&nbsp;wordParser)</pre>
<div class="block">Parses the identifier of this expression.</div>
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<dt><span class="overrideSpecifyLabel">Specified by:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/CompoundExpression.html#parseIdentifier-org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.WordParser-">parseIdentifier</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/parser/CompoundExpression.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser">CompoundExpression</a></code></dd>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>wordParser</code> - The <a href="../../../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/jpa/jpql/WordParser.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql"><code>WordParser</code></a> containing the text to parse, which starts with the identifier</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>The identifier for this expression</dd>
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