/**
* INTERNAL: Assign aliases to any tables which I own. Start with t(initialValue), and return the
* new value of the counter , i.e. if initialValue is one and I have tables ADDRESS and EMPLOYEE I
* will assign them t1 and t2 respectively, and return 3.
*/
public int assignTableAliasesStartingAt(int initialValue) {
// This assumes that the typeExpressionBase will alias its own tables, so we only need to handle
// the extra's caused by this treat expression.
if (hasBeenAliased()) {
return initialValue;
}
int counter = initialValue;
if (this.typeExpressionBase != null) {
counter = this.typeExpressionBase.assignTableAliasesStartingAt(counter);
}
// Only difference between this and ObjectExpression's assignTableAliasesStartingAt is this uses
// getOwnedSubTables
// instead of getOwnedTables which returns everything.
List<DatabaseTable> ownedTables = getOwnedSubTables();
if (ownedTables != null) {
for (DatabaseTable table : ownedTables) {
assignAlias("t" + counter, table);
counter++;
}
}
this.hasBeenAliased = true;
return counter;
}
