oracle.olapi.metadata.mtm
Class MtmCompoundTable

java.lang.Object
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        +--oracle.olapi.metadata.mtm.MtmObject
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              +--oracle.olapi.metadata.mtm.MtmTabularSource
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                    +--oracle.olapi.metadata.mtm.MtmCompoundTable

public class MtmCompoundTable

extends MtmTabularSource

An MtmTabularSource that represents a logical table that is based on the join of two component logical tables. An MtmCompoundTable stores information about the two tables that are joined and the manner in which they are joined. An MtmCompoundTable is often used to specify the source table in the FROM clause of a SELECT statement that is constructed by the Oracle OLAP SQL generator.

For example, consider the following two tables:

• Years, which has columns Year and YearEndDate
• Quarters, which has columns Quarter, QuarterEndDate, and Year

These two tables could be joined in the following SELECT statement.

    SELECT Year, Quarter, YearEndDate, QuarterEndDate
    FROM Years, Quarters
    WHERE Years.Year = Quarters.Year

In this SELECT statement, the Years and Quarters tables are joined using their common column, which is Year. The WHERE clause has the following specifications:

• Years is the left hand side (LHS) table.
• Quarters is the right hand side (RHS) table.
• Years.Year is the left hand side expression.
• Quarters.Year is the right hand side expression.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	acceptVisitor(MtmObjectVisitor visitor, java.lang.Object context) Calls the visitMtmCompoundTable method of the specified MtmObjectVisitor and passes that method this MtmCompoundTable and the specified context object.
MtmExpression	getLHSExpression() Gets the expression on the left hand side of the WHERE clause of the SELECT statement for this MtmCompoundTable.
MtmTabularSource	getLHSTabularSource() Gets the table for the left hand side of the WHERE clause of the SELECT statement for this MtmCompoundTable.
MtmExpression	getRHSExpression() Gets the expression on the right hand side of the WHERE clause of the SELECT statement for this MtmCompoundTable.
MtmTabularSource	getRHSTabularSource() Gets the table for the right hand side of the WHERE clause of the SELECT statement for this MtmCompoundTable.

Methods inherited from class oracle.olapi.metadata.BaseMetadataObject

getID

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

acceptVisitor

public java.lang.Object acceptVisitor(MtmObjectVisitor visitor,
                                      java.lang.Object context)

Calls the visitMtmCompoundTable method of the specified MtmObjectVisitor and passes that method this MtmCompoundTable and the specified context object.

Overrides:

acceptVisitor in class MtmObject

Parameters:

visitor - An MtmObjectVisitor.

context - An Object.

Returns:

The Object returned by the visitMtmCompoundTable method.

getLHSExpression

public MtmExpression getLHSExpression()

Gets the expression on the left hand side of the WHERE clause of the SELECT statement for this MtmCompoundTable. In the example given in the description of this class, Years.Year is the LHS expression.

Returns:

An MtmExpression that represents the left hand side expression for this MtmCompoundTable.

getLHSTabularSource

public MtmTabularSource getLHSTabularSource()

Gets the table for the left hand side of the WHERE clause of the SELECT statement for this MtmCompoundTable. In the example given in the description of this class, the table is Years. Often, the table for the left hand side of the WHERE clause is an MtmTableOrView.

Returns:

An MtmTabularSource that represents the left hand side table for this MtmCompoundTable.

getRHSExpression

public MtmExpression getRHSExpression()

Gets the expression on the right hand side of the WHERE clause of the SELECT statement for this MtmCompoundTable. In the example given in the description of this class, Quarters.Year is the RHS expression.

Returns:

An MtmExpression that represents the right hand side expression for this MtmCompoundTable.

getRHSTabularSource

public MtmTabularSource getRHSTabularSource()

Gets the table for the right hand side of the WHERE clause of the SELECT statement for this MtmCompoundTable. In the example given in the description of this class, the table is Quarters. Often, the table for the right hand side of the WHERE clause is an MtmTableOrView.

Returns:

An MtmTabularSource that represents the right hand side table for this MtmCompoundTable.