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package scala.dbc
package statement
package expression;


abstract class Field extends Expression {
  
  /** The name of the schema in the database where the field is located. */
  def schemaName: Option[String] = None;
  
  /** The name of the table in the database where the field is located. */
  def tableName: Option[String];
  
  /** The name of the field in the database. */
  def fieldName: String;
  
  /** A SQL-99 compliant string representation of the relation sub-
   * statement. This only has a meaning inside another statement. */
  def sqlInnerString: String = (
    (schemaName match {
      case None => ""
      case Some(sn) => sn + "."
    }) +
    (tableName match {
      case None => ""
      case Some(tn) => tn + "."
    }) + fieldName
  )
  
}
