EQL Internals - fieldenms/tg GitHub Wiki

Modifying / Extending EQL

Refer to the javadoc of package ua.com.fielden.platform.eql in platform-dao.

Transformation of EQL expressions

EQL expression (fluent API)
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        | Collect tokens
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        v
      Tokens
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        | Stage 0: Parsing
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        v
  AST level 1
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        | Stage 1
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        v
  AST level 2
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        | Stage 2
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        v
  AST level 3
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        | Stage 3
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        v
       SQL

Discussion

• Parameterised entities
• Built-in conditioning
• Entity specific user-data-filtering
• Yielding of value type properties