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module Arel
  module Nodes
    ###
    # Abstract base class for all AST nodes
    class Node
      ###
      # Factory method to create a Nodes::Not node that has the recipient of
      # the caller as a child.
      def not
        Nodes::Not.new Nodes::Grouping.new self
      end

      ###
      # Factory method to create a Nodes::Grouping node that has an Nodes::Or
      # node as a child.
      def or right
        Nodes::Grouping.new Nodes::Or.new(self, right)
      end

      ###
      # Factory method to create an Nodes::And node.
      def and right
        Nodes::And.new self, right
      end

      # FIXME: this method should go away.  I don't like people calling
      # to_sql on non-head nodes.  This forces us to walk the AST until we
      # can find a node that has a "relation" member.
      #
      # Maybe we should just use `Table.engine`?  :'(
      def to_sql engine = Table.engine
        viz = Visitors.for engine
        viz.accept self
      end

      # Iterate through AST, nodes will be yielded depth-first
      def each &block
        return enum_for(:each) unless block_given?

        Visitors::DepthFirst.new(block).accept self
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

8 entries across 8 versions & 2 rubygems

Version	Path
arel-2.0.10	lib/arel/nodes/node.rb
square-arel-2.0.9.20110222133018	lib/arel/nodes/node.rb
arel-2.0.9	lib/arel/nodes/node.rb
arel-2.0.9.rc1	lib/arel/nodes/node.rb
arel-2.0.8	lib/arel/nodes/node.rb
arel-2.0.8.beta.20110131120940	lib/arel/nodes/node.rb
arel-2.0.7	lib/arel/nodes/node.rb
arel-2.0.7.beta.20110110114925	lib/arel/nodes/node.rb