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Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Sebastian Trueg <trueg@kde.org>
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#ifndef _NEPOMUK2_QUERY_COMPARISON_TERM_H_
#define _NEPOMUK2_QUERY_COMPARISON_TERM_H_
#include "simpleterm.h"
#include "nepomuk_export.h"
namespace Nepomuk2 {
namespace Types {
class Property;
}
namespace Query {
/**
* \class ComparisonTerm comparisonterm.h Nepomuk2/Query/ComparisonTerm
*
* \brief A term matching the value of a property.
*
* The %ComparisonTerm is the most important term in the query API. It can be
* used to match the values of properties. As such its core components are
* a property(), a comparator() (see Comparator for details) and a subTerm().
* The latter can be any other term including AndTerm, OrTerm, or even an invalid
* term. The matching is done as follows:
*
* \li A LiteralTerm as subTerm() is directly matched to the value of a literal
* property (see also Nepomuk2::Types::Property::literalRangeType()) or to the
* labels of related resources in case of a property that has a resource range.
* \li An invalid sub term simply matches any resource or value, effectively
* acting as a wildcard.
* \li Any other term type will be used as a sort of subquery to match the
* related resources. This means that the property() needs to have a resource
* range.
*
* In addition to these basic features %ComparisonTerm has a few tricks up its
* sleeve:
*
* \li By forcing the variable name via setVariableName() it is possible to
* include a value matched by the term in the resulting SPARQL query (Query::toSparqlQuery())
* or accessing it via Result::additionalBinding().
* \li It is possible to set an aggregate function via setAggregateFunction()
* to count or sum up the results instead of returning the actual values.
* \li Using setSortWeight() the sorting of the results in the final query
* can be influenced in a powerful way - especially when combined with setAggregateFunction().
*
* \author Sebastian Trueg <trueg@kde.org>
*
* \since 4.4
*/
class NEPOMUK_EXPORT ComparisonTerm : public SimpleTerm
{
public:
/**
* %ComparisonTerm supports different ways to compare values.
*/
enum Comparator {
/**
* A LiteralTerm sub-term is matched against string literal values.
* Case is ignored. The literal value can contain wildcards like *.
*/
Contains,
/**
* A LiteralTerm sub-term is matched against a string literal value
* using the literal term's value as a regular expression.
* It is highly recommended to prefer Contains over Regexp
* as the latter will result in much slower SPARQL REGEX filters.
*/
Regexp,
/**
* A sub-term is matched one-to-one. Sub-terms can be any other term type.
*/
Equal,
/**
* A LiteralTerm sub-term is matched to greater literal values.
*/
Greater,
/**
* A LiteralTerm sub-term is matched to smaller literal values.
*/
Smaller,
/**
* A LiteralTerm sub-term is matched to greater or equal literal values.
*/
GreaterOrEqual,
/**
* A LiteralTerm sub-term is matched to smaller or equal literal values.
*/
SmallerOrEqual
};
/**
* Aggregate functions which can be applied to a comparison term to influence
* the value they return.
*
* \sa setAggregateFunction()
*
* \since 4.5
*/
enum AggregateFunction {
/**
* Do not use any aggregate function.
*/
NoAggregateFunction = 0,
/**
* Count the number of matching results instead
* of returning the results themselves.
* For counting the results of a complete query use
* Query::CreateCountQuery.
*/
Count,
/**
* The same as Count except that no two similar results
* are counted twice.
*/
DistinctCount,
/**
* Return the maximum value of all results instead
* of the results themselves.
* Does only make sense for numerical values.
*/
Max,
/**
* Return the minimum value of all results instead
* of the results themselves.
* Does only make sense for numerical values.
*/
Min,
/**
* Return the sum of all result values instead
* of the results themselves.
* Does only make sense for numerical values.
*/
Sum,
/**
* The same as Sum except that no two similar results
* are added twice.
*/
DistinctSum,
/**
* Return the average value of all results instead
* of the results themselves.
* Does only make sense for numerical values.
*/
Average,
/**
* The same as Average except that no two similar results
* are counted twice.
*/
DistinctAverage
};
/**
* Default constructor: creates a comparison term that matches all properties.
*/
ComparisonTerm();
/**
* Copy constructor.
*/
ComparisonTerm( const ComparisonTerm& term );
/**
* Convinience constructor which covers most simple use cases.
*
* \param property The property that should be matched. An invalid property will act as a wildcard.
* \param term The sub term to match to.
* \param comparator The Comparator to use for comparison. Not all Comparators make sense
* with all sub term types.
*/
ComparisonTerm( const Types::Property& property, const Term& term, Comparator comparator = Contains );
/**
* Destructor.
*/
~ComparisonTerm();
/**
* Assignment operator.
*/
ComparisonTerm& operator=( const ComparisonTerm& term );
/**
* The Comparator used by ComparisonTerm Terms.
*
* \sa setComparator
*/
Comparator comparator() const;
/**
* A property used for ComparisonTerm Terms.
* An invalid property will act as a wildcard.
*
* \sa setProperty
*/
Types::Property property() const;
/**
* Set the comparator
*/
void setComparator( Comparator );
/**
* Set the property for ComparisonTerm
* Terms. An invalid property will act as a wildcard.
*
* \sa property
*/
void setProperty( const Types::Property& );
/**
* Set the variable name that is to be used for the
* variable to match to. The variable will then be added
* to the set of variables returned in the results and can
* be read via Result::additionalBinding(). Setting
* the variable name can be seen as a less restricted variant
* of Query::addRequestProperty().
*
* When manually setting the variable name on more
* than one ComparisonTerm there is no guarantee for the
* uniqueness of variable names anymore which can result
* in unwanted query results. However, this can also be
* used deliberately in case one needs to compare the
* same variable twice:
*
* \code
* ComparisonTerm ct1( prop1, Term() );
* ComparisonTerm ct1( prop2, Term() );
* ct1.setVariableName( "myvar" );
* ct2.setVariableName( "myvar" );
* \endcode
*
* The above example would result in a SPARQL query
* pattern along the lines of
*
* \code
* ?r <prop1> ?myVar .
* ?r <prop2> ?myVar .
* \endcode
*
* Be aware that the variable name does not apply
* to sub terms of types ResourceTerm or LiteralTerm.
* In those cases the value will be ignored. The only exception
* are LiteralTerm sub terms that are compared other than
* with equals.
*
* \param name The name of the variable to be used when requesting
* the binding via Result::additionalBinding()
*
* \sa Result::additionalBinding(), Query::HandleInverseProperties, \ref examples_query
*
* \since 4.5
*/
void setVariableName( const QString& name );
/**
* The variable name set in setVariableName() or an empty
* string if none has been set.
*
* \sa setVariableName()
*
* \since 4.5
*/
QString variableName() const;
/**
* Set an aggregate function which changes the
* result. The typical usage is to count the results instead of actually
* returning them. For counting the results of a complete query use
* Query::CreateCountQuery.
*
* \sa aggregateFunction()
*
* \since 4.5
*/
void setAggregateFunction( AggregateFunction function );
/**
* The aggregate function to be used with the additional binding set in
* setVariableName().
*
* \sa setAggregateFunction()
*
* \since 4.5
*/
AggregateFunction aggregateFunction() const;
/**
* Set the sort weight of this property. By default all ComparisonTerms have
* a weight of 0 which means that they are ignored for sorting. By setting \p
* weight to a value different from 0 (typically higher than 0) the comparison
* subterm will be used for sorting.
*
* Be aware that as with the variableName() sorting does not apply to sub
* terms of types ResourceTerm or LiteralTerm.
* In those cases the value will be ignored. The only exception
* are LiteralTerm sub terms that are compared other than
* with equals.
*
* \param weight The new sort weight. If different from 0 this term will be
* used for sorting in the Query.
* \param sortOrder The sort order to use for this term.
*
* \sa sortWeight()
*
* \since 4.5
*/
void setSortWeight( int weight, Qt::SortOrder sortOrder = Qt::AscendingOrder );
/**
* \return The sort weight as set in setSortWeight() or 0 if
* sorting is disabled for this term.
*
* \since 4.5
*/
int sortWeight() const;
/**
* \return The sort order as set in setSortWeight().
*
* \since 4.5
*/
Qt::SortOrder sortOrder() const;
/**
* \return \p true if the comparison is inverted.
* \sa setInverted
*
* \since 4.5
*/
bool isInverted() const;
/**
* Invert the comparison, i.e. make the subterm the subject
* of the term and match to objects of the term.
*
* A typical example would be:
*
* \code
* ComparisonTerm term( Soprano::Vocabulary::NAO::hasTag(),
* ResourceTerm( somefile ) );
* term.setInverted(true);
* \endcode
*
* which would yield a query like the following:
*
* \code
* select ?r where { <somefile> nao:hasTag ?r . }
* \endcode
*
* to get all tags attached to a file.
*
* Be aware that this does only make sense with
* sub terms that match to resources. When using
* LiteralTerm as a sub term \p invert is ignored.
*
* \sa inverted()
*
* \since 4.5
*/
void setInverted( bool invert );
/**
* Create an inverted copy of this %ComparisonTerm.
* This is a convenience method to allow inline creation of
* inverted comparison terms when creating queries in a
* single line of code.
*
* Be aware that calling this method twice wil result in
* a non-inverted comparison term:
*
* \code
* // always true:
* (term.inverted().inverted() == term);
* \endcode
*
* \sa setInverted()
*
* \since 4.5
*/
ComparisonTerm inverted() const;
};
}
}
#endif