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package scala.dbc
package statement
package expression;


case class TypeCast (
  expression: Expression,
  castType: DataType
) extends Expression {
  
  /** A SQL-99 compliant string representation of the relation sub-
    * statement. This only has a meaning inside another statement. */
  def sqlInnerString: String = {
    "CAST (" + expression.sqlInnerString + " AS " + castType.sqlString + ")";
  }
  
  /** The expression that will be casted. */
  //def expression: Expression;
  
  /** The type to which to cast. */
  //def castType: scala.dbc.datatype.DataType;
}
