jackcess/src/main/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/impl/expr/Expressionator.java

/*
Copyright (c) 2016 James Ahlborn

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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.impl.expr;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Deque;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;

import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.EvalContext;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.EvalException;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.Expression;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.Function;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.FunctionLookup;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.Identifier;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.LocaleContext;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.ParseException;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.TemporalConfig;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.expr.Value;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.impl.expr.ExpressionTokenizer.Token;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.impl.expr.ExpressionTokenizer.TokenType;


/**
 *
 * @author James Ahlborn
 */
public class Expressionator
{

  // Useful links:
  // - syntax: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Guide-to-expression-syntax-ebc770bc-8486-4adc-a9ec-7427cce39a90
  // - examples: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Examples-of-expressions-d3901e11-c04e-4649-b40b-8b6ec5aed41f
  // - validation rule usage: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Restrict-data-input-by-using-a-validation-rule-6c0b2ce1-76fa-4be0-8ae9-038b52652320


  public enum Type {
    DEFAULT_VALUE, EXPRESSION, FIELD_VALIDATOR, RECORD_VALIDATOR;
  }

  public interface ParseContext extends LocaleContext {
    public TemporalConfig getTemporalConfig();
    public SimpleDateFormat createDateFormat(String formatStr);
    public FunctionLookup getFunctionLookup();
  }

  private enum WordType {
    OP, COMP, LOG_OP, CONST, SPEC_OP_PREFIX, DELIM;
  }

  private static final String FUNC_START_DELIM = "(";
  private static final String FUNC_END_DELIM = ")";
  private static final String OPEN_PAREN = "(";
  private static final String CLOSE_PAREN = ")";
  private static final String FUNC_PARAM_SEP = ",";

  private static final Map<String,WordType> WORD_TYPES =
    new HashMap<String,WordType>();

  static {
    setWordType(WordType.OP, "+", "-", "*", "/", "\\", "^", "&", "mod");
    setWordType(WordType.COMP, "<", "<=", ">", ">=", "=", "<>");
    setWordType(WordType.LOG_OP, "and", "or", "eqv", "xor", "imp");
    setWordType(WordType.CONST, "true", "false", "null", "on", "off",
                "yes", "no");
    setWordType(WordType.SPEC_OP_PREFIX, "is", "like", "between", "in", "not");
    // "X is null", "X is not null", "X like P", "X between A and B",
    // "X not between A and B", "X in (A, B, C...)", "X not in (A, B, C...)",
    // "not X"
    setWordType(WordType.DELIM, ".", "!", ",", "(", ")");
  }

  private static final Collection<String> TRUE_STRS =
    Arrays.asList("true", "yes", "on");
  private static final Collection<String> FALSE_STRS =
    Arrays.asList("false", "no", "off");

  private interface OpType {}

  private enum UnaryOp implements OpType {
    NEG("-", false) {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1) {
        return BuiltinOperators.negate(ctx, param1);
      }
      @Override public UnaryOp getUnaryNumOp() {
        return UnaryOp.NEG_NUM;
      }
    },
    POS("+", false) {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1) {
        // basically a no-op
        return param1;
      }
      @Override public UnaryOp getUnaryNumOp() {
        return UnaryOp.POS_NUM;
      }
    },
    NOT("Not", true) {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1) {
        return BuiltinOperators.not(param1);
      }
    },
    // when a '-' immediately precedes a number, it needs "highest" precedence
    NEG_NUM("-", false) {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1) {
        return BuiltinOperators.negate(ctx, param1);
      }
    },
    // when a '+' immediately precedes a number, it needs "highest" precedence
    POS_NUM("+", false) {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1) {
        // basically a no-op
        return param1;
      }
    };

    private final String _str;
    private final boolean _needSpace;

    private UnaryOp(String str, boolean needSpace) {
      _str = str;
      _needSpace = needSpace;
    }

    public boolean needsSpace() {
      return _needSpace;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return _str;
    }

    public UnaryOp getUnaryNumOp() {
      return null;
    }

    public abstract Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1);
  }

  private enum BinaryOp implements OpType {
    PLUS("+") {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.add(ctx, param1, param2);
      }
    },
    MINUS("-") {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.subtract(ctx, param1, param2);
      }
    },
    MULT("*") {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.multiply(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    DIV("/") {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.divide(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    INT_DIV("\\") {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.intDivide(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    EXP("^") {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.exp(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    CONCAT("&") {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.concat(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    MOD("Mod") {
      @Override public Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.mod(param1, param2);
      }
    };

    private final String _str;

    private BinaryOp(String str) {
      _str = str;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return _str;
    }

    public abstract Value eval(EvalContext ctx, Value param1, Value param2);
  }

  private enum CompOp implements OpType {
    LT("<") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.lessThan(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    LTE("<=") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.lessThanEq(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    GT(">") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.greaterThan(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    GTE(">=") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.greaterThanEq(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    EQ("=") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.equals(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    NE("<>") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.notEquals(param1, param2);
      }
    };

    private final String _str;

    private CompOp(String str) {
      _str = str;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return _str;
    }

    public abstract Value eval(Value param1, Value param2);
  }

  private enum LogOp implements OpType {
    AND("And") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.and(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    OR("Or") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.or(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    EQV("Eqv") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.eqv(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    XOR("Xor") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.xor(param1, param2);
      }
    },
    IMP("Imp") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Value param2) {
        return BuiltinOperators.imp(param1, param2);
      }
    };

    private final String _str;

    private LogOp(String str) {
      _str = str;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return _str;
    }

    public abstract Value eval(Value param1, Value param2);
  }

  private enum SpecOp implements OpType {
    // note, "NOT" is not actually used as a special operation, always
    // replaced with UnaryOp.NOT
    NOT("Not") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }
    },
    IS_NULL("Is Null") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        return BuiltinOperators.isNull(param1);
      }
    },
    IS_NOT_NULL("Is Not Null") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        return BuiltinOperators.isNotNull(param1);
      }
    },
    LIKE("Like") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        return BuiltinOperators.like(param1, (Pattern)param2);
      }
    },
    NOT_LIKE("Not Like") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        return BuiltinOperators.notLike(param1, (Pattern)param2);
      }
    },
    BETWEEN("Between") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        return BuiltinOperators.between(param1, (Value)param2, (Value)param3);
      }
    },
    NOT_BETWEEN("Not Between") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        return BuiltinOperators.notBetween(param1, (Value)param2, (Value)param3);
      }
    },
    IN("In") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        return BuiltinOperators.in(param1, (Value[])param2);
      }
    },
    NOT_IN("Not In") {
      @Override public Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3) {
        return BuiltinOperators.notIn(param1, (Value[])param2);
      }
    };

    private final String _str;

    private SpecOp(String str) {
      _str = str;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return _str;
    }

    public abstract Value eval(Value param1, Object param2, Object param3);
  }

  private static final Map<OpType, Integer> PRECENDENCE =
    buildPrecedenceMap(
        new OpType[]{UnaryOp.NEG_NUM, UnaryOp.POS_NUM},
        new OpType[]{BinaryOp.EXP},
        new OpType[]{UnaryOp.NEG, UnaryOp.POS},
        new OpType[]{BinaryOp.MULT, BinaryOp.DIV},
        new OpType[]{BinaryOp.INT_DIV},
        new OpType[]{BinaryOp.MOD},
        new OpType[]{BinaryOp.PLUS, BinaryOp.MINUS},
        new OpType[]{BinaryOp.CONCAT},
        new OpType[]{CompOp.LT, CompOp.GT, CompOp.NE, CompOp.LTE, CompOp.GTE,
                     CompOp.EQ, SpecOp.LIKE, SpecOp.NOT_LIKE,
                     SpecOp.IS_NULL, SpecOp.IS_NOT_NULL},
        new OpType[]{UnaryOp.NOT},
        new OpType[]{LogOp.AND},
        new OpType[]{LogOp.OR},
        new OpType[]{LogOp.XOR},
        new OpType[]{LogOp.EQV},
        new OpType[]{LogOp.IMP},
        new OpType[]{SpecOp.IN, SpecOp.NOT_IN, SpecOp.BETWEEN,
                     SpecOp.NOT_BETWEEN});

  private static final Set<Character> REGEX_SPEC_CHARS = new HashSet<Character>(
      Arrays.asList('\\','.','%','=','+', '$','^','|','(',')','{','}','&'));
  // this is a regular expression which will never match any string
  private static final Pattern UNMATCHABLE_REGEX = Pattern.compile("(?!)");

  private static final Expr THIS_COL_VALUE = new EThisValue();

  private static final Expr NULL_VALUE = new EConstValue(
      ValueSupport.NULL_VAL, "Null");
  private static final Expr TRUE_VALUE = new EConstValue(
      ValueSupport.TRUE_VAL, "True");
  private static final Expr FALSE_VALUE = new EConstValue(
      ValueSupport.FALSE_VAL, "False");


  private Expressionator() {}

  public static Expression parse(Type exprType, String exprStr,
                                 Value.Type resultType,
                                 ParseContext context) {

    List<Token> tokens = trimSpaces(
        ExpressionTokenizer.tokenize(exprType, exprStr, context));

    if(tokens == null) {
      throw new ParseException("null/empty expression");
    }

    TokBuf buf = new TokBuf(exprType, tokens, context);

    if(isLiteralDefaultValue(buf, resultType, exprStr)) {

      // this is handled as a literal string value, not an expression.  no
      // need to memo-ize cause it's a simple literal value
      return new ExprWrapper(exprStr,
          new ELiteralValue(Value.Type.STRING, exprStr, null), resultType);
    }

    // normal expression handling
    Expr expr = parseExpression(buf, false);

    if((exprType == Type.FIELD_VALIDATOR) && !expr.isValidationExpr()) {
      // a non-validation expression for a FIELD_VALIDATOR treats the result
      // as an equality comparison with the field in question.  so, transform
      // the expression accordingly
      expr = new EImplicitCompOp(expr);
    }

    switch(exprType) {
    case DEFAULT_VALUE:
    case EXPRESSION:
      return (expr.isConstant() ?
              // for now, just cache at top-level for speed (could in theory
              // cache intermediate values?)
              new MemoizedExprWrapper(exprStr, expr, resultType) :
              new ExprWrapper(exprStr, expr, resultType));
    case FIELD_VALIDATOR:
    case RECORD_VALIDATOR:
      return (expr.isConstant() ?
              // for now, just cache at top-level for speed (could in theory
              // cache intermediate values?)
              new MemoizedCondExprWrapper(exprStr, expr) :
              new CondExprWrapper(exprStr, expr));
    default:
      throw new ParseException("unexpected expression type " + exprType);
    }
  }

  private static List<Token> trimSpaces(List<Token> tokens) {
    if(tokens == null) {
      return null;
    }

    // for the most part, spaces are superfluous except for one situation(?).
    // when they appear between a string literal and '(' they help distinguish
    // a function call from another expression form
    for(int i = 1; i < (tokens.size() - 1); ++i) {
      Token t = tokens.get(i);
      if(t.getType() == TokenType.SPACE) {
        if((tokens.get(i - 1).getType() == TokenType.STRING) &&
           isDelim(tokens.get(i + 1), FUNC_START_DELIM)) {
          // we want to keep this space
        } else {
          tokens.remove(i);
          --i;
        }
      }
    }
    return tokens;
  }

  private static Expr parseExpression(TokBuf buf, boolean singleExpr)
  {
    while(buf.hasNext()) {
      Token t = buf.next();

      switch(t.getType()) {
      case OBJ_NAME:

        parseObjectRefExpression(t, buf);
        break;

      case LITERAL:

        buf.setPendingExpr(new ELiteralValue(t.getValueType(), t.getValue(),
                                             t.getDateFormat()));
        break;

      case OP:

        WordType wordType = getWordType(t);
        if(wordType == null) {
          // shouldn't happen
          throw new ParseException("Invalid operator " + t);
        }

        // this can only be an OP or a COMP (those are the only words that the
        // tokenizer would define as TokenType.OP)
        switch(wordType) {
        case OP:
          parseOperatorExpression(t, buf);
          break;

        case COMP:

          parseCompOpExpression(t, buf);
          break;

        default:
          throw new ParseException("Unexpected OP word type " + wordType);
        }

        break;

      case DELIM:

        parseDelimExpression(t, buf);
        break;

      case STRING:

        // see if it's a special word?
        wordType = getWordType(t);
        if(wordType == null) {

          // is it a function call?
          if(!maybeParseFuncCallExpression(t, buf)) {

            // is it an object name?
            Token next = buf.peekNext();
            if((next != null) && isObjNameSep(next)) {

              parseObjectRefExpression(t, buf);

            } else {

              // FIXME maybe bare obj name, maybe string literal?
              throw new UnsupportedOperationException("FIXME");
            }
          }

        } else {

          // this could be anything but COMP or DELIM (all COMPs would be
          // returned as TokenType.OP and all DELIMs would be TokenType.DELIM)
          switch(wordType) {
          case OP:

            parseOperatorExpression(t, buf);
            break;

          case LOG_OP:

            parseLogicalOpExpression(t, buf);
            break;

          case CONST:

            parseConstExpression(t, buf);
            break;

          case SPEC_OP_PREFIX:

            parseSpecOpExpression(t, buf);
            break;

          default:
            throw new ParseException("Unexpected STRING word type "
                                       + wordType);
          }
        }

        break;

      case SPACE:
        // top-level space is irrelevant (and we strip them anyway)
        break;

      default:
        throw new ParseException("unknown token type " + t);
      }

      if(singleExpr && buf.hasPendingExpr()) {
        break;
      }
    }

    Expr expr = buf.takePendingExpr();
    if(expr == null) {
      throw new ParseException("No expression found? " + buf);
    }

    return expr;
  }

  private static void parseObjectRefExpression(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {

    // object references may be joined by '.' or '!'. access syntac docs claim
    // object identifiers can be formatted like:
    //     "[Collection name]![Object name].[Property name]"
    // However, in practice, they only ever seem to be (at most) two levels
    // and only use '.'.  Apparently '!' is actually a special late-bind
    // operator (not sure it makes a difference for this code?), see:
    // http://bytecomb.com/the-bang-exclamation-operator-in-vba/
    Deque<String> objNames = new LinkedList<String>();
    objNames.add(firstTok.getValueStr());

    Token t = null;
    boolean atSep = false;
    while((t = buf.peekNext()) != null) {
      if(!atSep) {
        if(isObjNameSep(t)) {
          buf.next();
          atSep = true;
          continue;
        }
      } else {
        if((t.getType() == TokenType.OBJ_NAME) ||
           (t.getType() == TokenType.STRING)) {
          buf.next();
          // always insert at beginning of list so names are in reverse order
          objNames.addFirst(t.getValueStr());
          atSep = false;
          continue;
        }
      }
      break;
    }

    int numNames = objNames.size();
    if(atSep || (numNames > 3)) {
      throw new ParseException("Invalid object reference " + buf);
    }

    // names are in reverse order
    String propName = null;
    if(numNames == 3) {
      propName = objNames.poll();
    }
    String objName = objNames.poll();
    String collectionName = objNames.poll();

    buf.setPendingExpr(
        new EObjValue(new Identifier(collectionName, objName, propName)));
  }

  private static void parseDelimExpression(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {
    // the only "top-level" delim we expect to find is open paren, and
    // there shouldn't be any pending expression
    if(!isDelim(firstTok, OPEN_PAREN) || buf.hasPendingExpr()) {
      throw new ParseException("Unexpected delimiter " +
                                         firstTok.getValue() + " " + buf);
    }

    Expr subExpr = findParenExprs(buf, false).get(0);
    buf.setPendingExpr(new EParen(subExpr));
  }

  private static boolean maybeParseFuncCallExpression(
      Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {

    int startPos = buf.curPos();
    boolean foundFunc = false;

    try {
      Token t = buf.peekNext();
      if(!isDelim(t, FUNC_START_DELIM)) {
        // not a function call
        return false;
      }

      buf.next();
      List<Expr> params = findParenExprs(buf, true);
      String funcName = firstTok.getValueStr();
      Function func = buf.getFunction(funcName);
      if(func == null) {
        throw new ParseException("Could not find function '" +
                                           funcName + "' " + buf);
      }
      buf.setPendingExpr(new EFunc(func, params));
      foundFunc = true;
      return true;

    } finally {
      if(!foundFunc) {
        buf.reset(startPos);
      }
    }
  }

  private static List<Expr> findParenExprs(
      TokBuf buf, boolean allowMulti) {

    if(allowMulti) {
      // simple case, no nested expr
      Token t = buf.peekNext();
      if(isDelim(t, CLOSE_PAREN)) {
        buf.next();
        return Collections.emptyList();
      }
    }

    // find closing ")", handle nested parens
    List<Expr> exprs = new ArrayList<Expr>(3);
    int level = 1;
    int startPos = buf.curPos();
    while(buf.hasNext()) {

      Token t = buf.next();

      if(isDelim(t, OPEN_PAREN)) {

        ++level;

      } else if(isDelim(t, CLOSE_PAREN)) {

        --level;
        if(level == 0) {
          TokBuf subBuf = buf.subBuf(startPos, buf.prevPos());
          exprs.add(parseExpression(subBuf, false));
          return exprs;
        }

      } else if(allowMulti && (level == 1) && isDelim(t, FUNC_PARAM_SEP)) {

        TokBuf subBuf = buf.subBuf(startPos, buf.prevPos());
        exprs.add(parseExpression(subBuf, false));
        startPos = buf.curPos();
      }
    }

    throw new ParseException("Missing closing '" + CLOSE_PAREN
                                       + " " + buf);
  }

  private static void parseOperatorExpression(Token t, TokBuf buf) {

    // most ops are two argument except that '-' could be negation, "+" could
    // be pos-ation
    if(buf.hasPendingExpr()) {
      parseBinaryOpExpression(t, buf);
    } else if(isEitherOp(t, "-", "+")) {
      parseUnaryOpExpression(t, buf);
    } else {
      throw new ParseException(
          "Missing left expression for binary operator " + t.getValue() +
          " " + buf);
    }
  }

  private static void parseBinaryOpExpression(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {
    BinaryOp op = getOpType(firstTok, BinaryOp.class);
    Expr leftExpr = buf.takePendingExpr();
    Expr rightExpr = parseExpression(buf, true);

    buf.setPendingExpr(new EBinaryOp(op, leftExpr, rightExpr));
  }

  private static void parseUnaryOpExpression(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {
    UnaryOp op = getOpType(firstTok, UnaryOp.class);

    UnaryOp numOp = op.getUnaryNumOp();
    if(numOp != null) {
      // if this operator is immediately preceding a number, it has a higher
      // precedence
      Token nextTok = buf.peekNext();
      if((nextTok != null) && (nextTok.getType() == TokenType.LITERAL) &&
         nextTok.getValueType().isNumeric()) {
        op = numOp;
      }
    }

    Expr val = parseExpression(buf, true);

    buf.setPendingExpr(new EUnaryOp(op, val));
  }

  private static void parseCompOpExpression(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {

    if(!buf.hasPendingExpr()) {
      if(buf.getExprType() == Type.FIELD_VALIDATOR) {
        // comparison operators for field validators can implicitly use
        // the current field value for the left value
        buf.setPendingExpr(THIS_COL_VALUE);
      } else {
        throw new ParseException(
            "Missing left expression for comparison operator " +
            firstTok.getValue() + " " + buf);
      }
    }

    CompOp op = getOpType(firstTok, CompOp.class);
    Expr leftExpr = buf.takePendingExpr();
    Expr rightExpr = parseExpression(buf, true);

    buf.setPendingExpr(new ECompOp(op, leftExpr, rightExpr));
  }

  private static void parseLogicalOpExpression(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {

    if(!buf.hasPendingExpr()) {
      throw new ParseException(
          "Missing left expression for logical operator " +
          firstTok.getValue() + " " + buf);
    }

    LogOp op = getOpType(firstTok, LogOp.class);
    Expr leftExpr = buf.takePendingExpr();
    Expr rightExpr = parseExpression(buf, true);

    buf.setPendingExpr(new ELogicalOp(op, leftExpr, rightExpr));
  }

  private static void parseSpecOpExpression(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {

    SpecOp specOp = getSpecialOperator(firstTok, buf);

    if(specOp == SpecOp.NOT) {
      // this is the unary prefix operator
      parseUnaryOpExpression(firstTok, buf);
      return;
    }

    if(!buf.hasPendingExpr()) {
      if(buf.getExprType() == Type.FIELD_VALIDATOR) {
        // comparison operators for field validators can implicitly use
        // the current field value for the left value
        buf.setPendingExpr(THIS_COL_VALUE);
      } else {
        throw new ParseException(
            "Missing left expression for comparison operator " +
            specOp + " " + buf);
      }
    }

    Expr expr = buf.takePendingExpr();

    Expr specOpExpr = null;
    switch(specOp) {
    case IS_NULL:
    case IS_NOT_NULL:
      specOpExpr = new ENullOp(specOp, expr);
      break;

    case LIKE:
    case NOT_LIKE:
      Token t = buf.next();
      if((t.getType() != TokenType.LITERAL) ||
         (t.getValueType() != Value.Type.STRING)) {
        throw new ParseException("Missing Like pattern " + buf);
      }
      String patternStr = t.getValueStr();
      specOpExpr = new ELikeOp(specOp, expr, patternStr);
      break;

    case BETWEEN:
    case NOT_BETWEEN:

      // the "rest" of a between expression is of the form "X And Y".  we are
      // going to speculatively parse forward until we find the "And"
      // operator.
      Expr startRangeExpr = null;
      while(true) {

        Expr tmpExpr = parseExpression(buf, true);
        Token tmpT = buf.peekNext();

        if(tmpT == null) {
          // ran out of expression?
          throw new ParseException(
              "Missing 'And' for 'Between' expression " + buf);
        }

        if(isString(tmpT, "and")) {
          buf.next();
          startRangeExpr = tmpExpr;
          break;
        }

        // put the pending expression back and try parsing some more
        buf.restorePendingExpr(tmpExpr);
      }

      Expr endRangeExpr = parseExpression(buf, true);

      specOpExpr = new EBetweenOp(specOp, expr, startRangeExpr, endRangeExpr);
      break;

    case IN:
    case NOT_IN:

      // there might be a space before open paren
      t = buf.next();
      if(t.getType() == TokenType.SPACE) {
        t = buf.next();
      }
      if(!isDelim(t, OPEN_PAREN)) {
        throw new ParseException("Malformed 'In' expression " + buf);
      }

      List<Expr> exprs = findParenExprs(buf, true);
      specOpExpr = new EInOp(specOp, expr, exprs);
      break;

    default:
      throw new ParseException("Unexpected special op " + specOp);
    }

    buf.setPendingExpr(specOpExpr);
  }

  private static SpecOp getSpecialOperator(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {
    String opStr = firstTok.getValueStr().toLowerCase();

    if("is".equals(opStr)) {
      Token t = buf.peekNext();
      if(isString(t, "null")) {
        buf.next();
        return SpecOp.IS_NULL;
      } else if(isString(t, "not")) {
        buf.next();
        t = buf.peekNext();
        if(isString(t, "null")) {
          buf.next();
          return SpecOp.IS_NOT_NULL;
        }
      }
    } else if("like".equals(opStr)) {
      return SpecOp.LIKE;
    } else if("between".equals(opStr)) {
      return SpecOp.BETWEEN;
    } else if("in".equals(opStr)) {
      return SpecOp.IN;
    } else if("not".equals(opStr)) {
      Token t = buf.peekNext();
      if(isString(t, "between")) {
        buf.next();
        return SpecOp.NOT_BETWEEN;
      } else if(isString(t, "in")) {
        buf.next();
        return SpecOp.NOT_IN;
      } else if(isString(t, "like")) {
        buf.next();
        return SpecOp.NOT_LIKE;
      }
      return SpecOp.NOT;
    }

    throw new ParseException(
        "Malformed special operator " + opStr + " " + buf);
  }

  private static void parseConstExpression(Token firstTok, TokBuf buf) {
    Expr constExpr = null;
    String tokStr = firstTok.getValueStr().toLowerCase();
    if(TRUE_STRS.contains(tokStr)) {
      constExpr = TRUE_VALUE;
    } else if(FALSE_STRS.contains(tokStr)) {
      constExpr = FALSE_VALUE;
    } else if("null".equals(tokStr)) {
      constExpr = NULL_VALUE;
    } else {
      throw new ParseException("Unexpected CONST word "
                                 + firstTok.getValue());
    }
    buf.setPendingExpr(constExpr);
  }

  private static boolean isObjNameSep(Token t) {
    return (isDelim(t, ".") || isDelim(t, "!"));
  }

  private static boolean isOp(Token t, String opStr) {
    return ((t != null) && (t.getType() == TokenType.OP) &&
            opStr.equalsIgnoreCase(t.getValueStr()));
  }

  private static boolean isEitherOp(Token t, String opStr1, String opStr2) {
    return ((t != null) && (t.getType() == TokenType.OP) &&
            (opStr1.equalsIgnoreCase(t.getValueStr()) ||
             opStr2.equalsIgnoreCase(t.getValueStr())));
  }

  private static boolean isDelim(Token t, String opStr) {
    return ((t != null) && (t.getType() == TokenType.DELIM) &&
            opStr.equalsIgnoreCase(t.getValueStr()));
  }

  private static boolean isString(Token t, String opStr) {
    return ((t != null) && (t.getType() == TokenType.STRING) &&
            opStr.equalsIgnoreCase(t.getValueStr()));
  }

  private static WordType getWordType(Token t) {
    return WORD_TYPES.get(t.getValueStr().toLowerCase());
  }

  private static void setWordType(WordType type, String... words) {
    for(String w : words) {
      WORD_TYPES.put(w, type);
    }
  }

  private static <T extends Enum<T>> T getOpType(Token t, Class<T> opClazz) {
    String str = t.getValueStr();
    for(T op : opClazz.getEnumConstants()) {
      if(str.equalsIgnoreCase(op.toString())) {
        return op;
      }
    }
    throw new ParseException("Unexpected op string " + t.getValueStr());
  }

  private static final class TokBuf
  {
    private final Type _exprType;
    private final List<Token> _tokens;
    private final TokBuf _parent;
    private final int _parentOff;
    private final ParseContext _context;
    private int _pos;
    private Expr _pendingExpr;

    private TokBuf(Type exprType, List<Token> tokens, ParseContext context) {
      this(exprType, tokens, null, 0, context);
    }

    private TokBuf(List<Token> tokens, TokBuf parent, int parentOff) {
      this(parent._exprType, tokens, parent, parentOff, parent._context);
    }

    private TokBuf(Type exprType, List<Token> tokens, TokBuf parent,
                   int parentOff, ParseContext context) {
      _exprType = exprType;
      _tokens = tokens;
      _parent = parent;
      _parentOff = parentOff;
      _context = context;
    }

    public Type getExprType() {
      return _exprType;
    }

    public int curPos() {
      return _pos;
    }

    public int prevPos() {
      return _pos - 1;
    }

    public boolean hasNext() {
      return (_pos < _tokens.size());
    }

    public Token peekNext() {
      if(!hasNext()) {
        return null;
      }
      return _tokens.get(_pos);
    }

    public Token next() {
      if(!hasNext()) {
        throw new ParseException(
            "Unexpected end of expression " + this);
      }
      return _tokens.get(_pos++);
    }

    public void reset(int pos) {
      _pos = pos;
    }

    public TokBuf subBuf(int start, int end) {
      return new TokBuf(_tokens.subList(start, end), this, start);
    }

    public void setPendingExpr(Expr expr) {
      if(_pendingExpr != null) {
        throw new ParseException(
            "Found multiple expressions with no operator " + this);
      }
      _pendingExpr = expr.resolveOrderOfOperations();
    }

    public void restorePendingExpr(Expr expr) {
      // this is an expression which was previously set, so no need to re-resolve
      _pendingExpr = expr;
    }

    public Expr takePendingExpr() {
      Expr expr = _pendingExpr;
      _pendingExpr = null;
      return expr;
    }

    public boolean hasPendingExpr() {
      return (_pendingExpr != null);
    }

    private Map.Entry<Integer,List<Token>> getTopPos() {
      int pos = _pos;
      List<Token> toks = _tokens;
      TokBuf cur = this;
      while(cur._parent != null) {
        pos += cur._parentOff;
        cur = cur._parent;
        toks = cur._tokens;
      }
      return ExpressionTokenizer.newEntry(pos, toks);
    }

    public Function getFunction(String funcName) {
      return _context.getFunctionLookup().getFunction(funcName);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {

      Map.Entry<Integer,List<Token>> e = getTopPos();

      // TODO actually format expression?
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder()
        .append("[token ").append(e.getKey()).append("] (");

      for(Iterator<Token> iter = e.getValue().iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
        Token t = iter.next();
        sb.append("'").append(t.getValueStr()).append("'");
        if(iter.hasNext()) {
          sb.append(",");
        }
      }

      sb.append(")");

      if(_pendingExpr != null) {
        sb.append(" [pending '").append(_pendingExpr.toDebugString())
          .append("']");
      }

      return sb.toString();
    }
  }

  private static boolean isHigherPrecendence(OpType op1, OpType op2) {
    int prec1 = PRECENDENCE.get(op1);
    int prec2 = PRECENDENCE.get(op2);

    // higher preceendence ops have lower numbers
    return (prec1 < prec2);
  }

  private static final Map<OpType, Integer> buildPrecedenceMap(
      OpType[]... opArrs) {
    Map<OpType, Integer> prec = new HashMap<OpType, Integer>();

    int level = 0;
    for(OpType[] ops : opArrs) {
      for(OpType op : ops) {
        prec.put(op, level);
      }
      ++level;
    }

    return prec;
  }

  private static void exprListToString(
      List<Expr> exprs, String sep, StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
    Iterator<Expr> iter = exprs.iterator();
    iter.next().toString(sb, isDebug);
    while(iter.hasNext()) {
      sb.append(sep);
      iter.next().toString(sb, isDebug);
    }
  }

  private static Value[] exprListToValues(
      List<Expr> exprs, EvalContext ctx) {
    Value[] paramVals = new Value[exprs.size()];
    for(int i = 0; i < exprs.size(); ++i) {
      paramVals[i] = exprs.get(i).eval(ctx);
    }
    return paramVals;
  }

  private static Value[] exprListToDelayedValues(
      List<Expr> exprs, EvalContext ctx) {
    Value[] paramVals = new Value[exprs.size()];
    for(int i = 0; i < exprs.size(); ++i) {
      paramVals[i] = new DelayedValue(exprs.get(i), ctx);
    }
    return paramVals;
  }

  private static boolean areConstant(List<Expr> exprs) {
    for(Expr expr : exprs) {
      if(!expr.isConstant()) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  private static boolean areConstant(Expr... exprs) {
    for(Expr expr : exprs) {
      if(!expr.isConstant()) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  private static void literalStrToString(String str, StringBuilder sb) {
    sb.append("\"")
      .append(str.replace("\"", "\"\""))
      .append("\"");
  }

  private static Pattern likePatternToRegex(String pattern) {

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(pattern.length());

    // Access LIKE pattern supports (note, matching is case-insensitive):
    // - '*' -> 0 or more chars
    // - '?' -> single character
    // - '#' -> single digit
    // - '[...]' -> character class, '[!...]' -> not in char class

    for(int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); ++i) {
      char c = pattern.charAt(i);

      if(c == '*') {
        sb.append(".*");
      } else if(c == '?') {
        sb.append('.');
      } else if(c == '#') {
        sb.append("\\d");
      } else if(c == '[') {

        // find closing brace
        int startPos = i + 1;
        int endPos = -1;
        for(int j = startPos; j < pattern.length(); ++j) {
          if(pattern.charAt(j) == ']') {
            endPos = j;
            break;
          }
        }

        // access treats invalid expression like "unmatchable"
        if(endPos == -1) {
          return UNMATCHABLE_REGEX;
        }

        String charClass = pattern.substring(startPos, endPos);

        if((charClass.length() > 0) && (charClass.charAt(0) == '!')) {
          // this is a negated char class
          charClass = '^' + charClass.substring(1);
        }

        sb.append('[').append(charClass).append(']');
        i += (endPos - startPos) + 1;

      } else if(REGEX_SPEC_CHARS.contains(c)) {
        // this char is special in regexes, so escape it
        sb.append('\\').append(c);
      } else {
        sb.append(c);
      }
    }

    try {
      return Pattern.compile(sb.toString(),
                             Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.DOTALL |
                             Pattern.UNICODE_CASE);
    } catch(PatternSyntaxException ignored) {
      return UNMATCHABLE_REGEX;
    }
  }

  private static Value toLiteralValue(Value.Type valType, Object value,
                                      DateFormat sdf)
  {
    switch(valType) {
    case STRING:
      return ValueSupport.toValue((String)value);
    case DATE:
      return new DateValue((Date)value, sdf);
    case TIME:
      return new TimeValue((Date)value, sdf);
    case DATE_TIME:
      return new DateTimeValue((Date)value, sdf);
    case LONG:
      return ValueSupport.toValue((Integer)value);
    case DOUBLE:
      return ValueSupport.toValue((Double)value);
    case BIG_DEC:
      return ValueSupport.toValue((BigDecimal)value);
    default:
      throw new ParseException("unexpected literal type " + valType);
    }
  }

  private static boolean isLiteralDefaultValue(
      TokBuf buf, Value.Type resultType, String exprStr) {

    // if a default value expression does not start with an '=' and is used in
    // a string context, then it is taken as a literal value unless it starts
    // with a " char

    if(buf.getExprType() != Type.DEFAULT_VALUE) {
      return false;
    }

    // a leading "=" indicates "full" expression handling for a DEFAULT_VALUE
    // (consume this value once we detect it)
    if(isOp(buf.peekNext(), "=")) {
      buf.next();
      return false;
    }

    return((resultType == Value.Type.STRING) &&
           ((exprStr.length() == 0) ||
            (exprStr.charAt(0) != ExpressionTokenizer.QUOTED_STR_CHAR)));
  }

  private interface LeftAssocExpr {
    public OpType getOp();
    public Expr getLeft();
    public void setLeft(Expr left);
  }

  private interface RightAssocExpr {
    public OpType getOp();
    public Expr getRight();
    public void setRight(Expr right);
  }

  private static final class DelayedValue extends BaseDelayedValue
  {
    private final Expr _expr;
    private final EvalContext _ctx;

    private DelayedValue(Expr expr, EvalContext ctx) {
      _expr = expr;
      _ctx = ctx;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval() {
      return _expr.eval(_ctx);
    }
  }


  private static abstract class Expr
  {
    @Override
    public String toString() {
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
      toString(sb, false);
      return sb.toString();
    }

    public String toDebugString() {
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
      toString(sb, true);
      return sb.toString();
    }

    protected boolean isValidationExpr() {
      return false;
    }

    protected void toString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      if(isDebug) {
        sb.append("<").append(getClass().getSimpleName()).append(">{");
      }
      toExprString(sb, isDebug);
      if(isDebug) {
        sb.append("}");
      }
    }

    protected Expr resolveOrderOfOperations() {

      if(!(this instanceof LeftAssocExpr)) {
        // nothing we can do
        return this;
      }

      // in order to get the precedence right, we need to first associate this
      // expression with the "rightmost" expression preceding it, then adjust
      // this expression "down" (lower precedence) as the precedence of the
      // operations dictates.  since we parse from left to right, the initial
      // "left" value isn't the immediate left expression, instead it's based
      // on how the preceding operator precedence worked out.  we need to
      // adjust "this" expression to the closest preceding expression before
      // we can correctly resolve precedence.

      Expr outerExpr = this;
      final LeftAssocExpr thisExpr = (LeftAssocExpr)this;
      final Expr thisLeft = thisExpr.getLeft();

      // current: <this>{<left>{A op1 B} op2 <right>{C}}
      if(thisLeft instanceof RightAssocExpr) {

        RightAssocExpr leftOp = (RightAssocExpr)thisLeft;

        // target: <left>{A op1 <this>{B op2 <right>{C}}}

        thisExpr.setLeft(leftOp.getRight());

        // give the new version of this expression an opportunity to further
        // swap (since the swapped expression may itself be a binary
        // expression)
        leftOp.setRight(resolveOrderOfOperations());
        outerExpr = thisLeft;

        // at this point, this expression has been pushed all the way to the
        // rightmost preceding expression (we artifically gave "this" the
        // highest precedence).  now, we want to adjust precedence as
        // necessary (shift it back down if the operator precedence is
        // incorrect).  note, we only need to check precedence against "this",
        // as all other precedence has been resolved in previous parsing
        // rounds.
        if((leftOp.getRight() == this) &&
           !isHigherPrecendence(thisExpr.getOp(), leftOp.getOp())) {

          // doh, "this" is lower (or the same) precedence, restore the
          // original order of things
          leftOp.setRight(thisExpr.getLeft());
          thisExpr.setLeft(thisLeft);
          outerExpr = this;
        }
      }

      return outerExpr;
    }

    public abstract boolean isConstant();

    public abstract Value eval(EvalContext ctx);

    public abstract void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers);

    protected abstract void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug);
  }

  private static final class EConstValue extends Expr
  {
    private final Value _val;
    private final String _str;

    private EConstValue(Value val, String str) {
      _val = val;
      _str = str;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return _val;
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      // none
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      sb.append(_str);
    }
  }

  private static final class EThisValue extends Expr
  {
    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return false;
    }
    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return ctx.getThisColumnValue();
    }
    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      // none
    }
    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      sb.append("<THIS_COL>");
    }
  }

  private static final class ELiteralValue extends Expr
  {
    private final Value _val;

    private ELiteralValue(Value.Type valType, Object value,
                          DateFormat sdf) {
      _val = toLiteralValue(valType, value, sdf);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return _val;
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      // none
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      if(_val.getType() == Value.Type.STRING) {
        literalStrToString((String)_val.get(), sb);
      } else if(_val.getType().isTemporal()) {
        sb.append("#").append(_val.getAsString()).append("#");
      } else {
        sb.append(_val.get());
      }
    }
  }

  private static final class EObjValue extends Expr
  {
    private final Identifier _identifier;

    private EObjValue(Identifier identifier) {
      _identifier = identifier;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return ctx.getIdentifierValue(_identifier);
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      identifiers.add(_identifier);
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      sb.append(_identifier);
    }
  }

  private static class EParen extends Expr
  {
    private final Expr _expr;

    private EParen(Expr expr) {
      _expr = expr;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return _expr.isConstant();
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isValidationExpr() {
      return _expr.isValidationExpr();
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return _expr.eval(ctx);
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      _expr.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      sb.append("(");
      _expr.toString(sb, isDebug);
      sb.append(")");
    }
  }

  private static class EFunc extends Expr
  {
    private final Function _func;
    private final List<Expr> _params;

    private EFunc(Function func, List<Expr> params) {
      _func = func;
      _params = params;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return _func.isPure() && areConstant(_params);
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return _func.eval(ctx, exprListToValues(_params, ctx));
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      for(Expr param : _params) {
        param.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
      }
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      sb.append(_func.getName()).append("(");

      if(!_params.isEmpty()) {
        exprListToString(_params, ",", sb, isDebug);
      }

      sb.append(")");
    }
  }

  private static abstract class EBaseBinaryOp extends Expr
    implements LeftAssocExpr, RightAssocExpr
  {
    protected final OpType _op;
    protected Expr _left;
    protected Expr _right;

    private EBaseBinaryOp(OpType op, Expr left, Expr right) {
      _op = op;
      _left = left;
      _right = right;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return areConstant(_left, _right);
    }

    public OpType getOp() {
      return _op;
    }

    public Expr getLeft() {
      return _left;
    }

    public void setLeft(Expr left) {
      _left = left;
    }

    public Expr getRight() {
      return _right;
    }

    public void setRight(Expr right) {
      _right = right;
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      _left.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
      _right.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      _left.toString(sb, isDebug);
      sb.append(" ").append(_op).append(" ");
      _right.toString(sb, isDebug);
    }
  }

  private static class EBinaryOp extends EBaseBinaryOp
  {
    private EBinaryOp(BinaryOp op, Expr left, Expr right) {
      super(op, left, right);
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return ((BinaryOp)_op).eval(ctx, _left.eval(ctx), _right.eval(ctx));
    }
  }

  private static class EUnaryOp extends Expr
    implements RightAssocExpr
  {
    private final OpType _op;
    private Expr _expr;

    private EUnaryOp(UnaryOp op, Expr expr) {
      _op = op;
      _expr = expr;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return _expr.isConstant();
    }

    public OpType getOp() {
      return _op;
    }

    public Expr getRight() {
      return _expr;
    }

    public void setRight(Expr right) {
      _expr = right;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return ((UnaryOp)_op).eval(ctx, _expr.eval(ctx));
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      _expr.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      sb.append(_op);
      if(isDebug || ((UnaryOp)_op).needsSpace()) {
        sb.append(" ");
      }
      _expr.toString(sb, isDebug);
    }
  }

  private static class ECompOp extends EBaseBinaryOp
  {
    private ECompOp(CompOp op, Expr left, Expr right) {
      super(op, left, right);
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isValidationExpr() {
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return ((CompOp)_op).eval(_left.eval(ctx), _right.eval(ctx));
    }
  }

  private static class EImplicitCompOp extends ECompOp
  {
    private EImplicitCompOp(Expr right) {
      super(CompOp.EQ, THIS_COL_VALUE, right);
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      // only output the full "implicit" comparison in debug mode
      if(isDebug) {
        super.toExprString(sb, isDebug);
      } else {
        // just output the explicit part of the expression
        _right.toString(sb, isDebug);
      }
    }
  }

  private static class ELogicalOp extends EBaseBinaryOp
  {
    private ELogicalOp(LogOp op, Expr left, Expr right) {
      super(op, left, right);
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isValidationExpr() {
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(final EvalContext ctx) {

      // logical operations do short circuit evaluation, so we need to delay
      // computing results until necessary
      return ((LogOp)_op).eval(new DelayedValue(_left, ctx),
                               new DelayedValue(_right, ctx));
    }
  }

  private static abstract class ESpecOp extends Expr
    implements LeftAssocExpr
  {
    protected final SpecOp _op;
    protected Expr _expr;

    private ESpecOp(SpecOp op, Expr expr) {
      _op = op;
      _expr = expr;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return _expr.isConstant();
    }

    public OpType getOp() {
      return _op;
    }

    public Expr getLeft() {
      return _expr;
    }

    public void setLeft(Expr left) {
      _expr = left;
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      _expr.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isValidationExpr() {
      return true;
    }
  }

  private static class ENullOp extends ESpecOp
  {
    private ENullOp(SpecOp op, Expr expr) {
      super(op, expr);
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return _op.eval(_expr.eval(ctx), null, null);
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      _expr.toString(sb, isDebug);
      sb.append(" ").append(_op);
    }
  }

  private static class ELikeOp extends ESpecOp
  {
    private final String _patternStr;
    private Pattern _pattern;

    private ELikeOp(SpecOp op, Expr expr, String patternStr) {
      super(op, expr);
      _patternStr = patternStr;
    }

    private Pattern getPattern()
    {
      if(_pattern == null) {
        _pattern = likePatternToRegex(_patternStr);
      }
      return _pattern;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return _op.eval(_expr.eval(ctx), getPattern(), null);
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      _expr.toString(sb, isDebug);
      sb.append(" ").append(_op).append(" ");
      literalStrToString(_patternStr, sb);
      if(isDebug) {
        sb.append("(").append(getPattern()).append(")");
      }
    }
  }

  private static class EInOp extends ESpecOp
  {
    private final List<Expr> _exprs;

    private EInOp(SpecOp op, Expr expr, List<Expr> exprs) {
      super(op, expr);
      _exprs = exprs;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return super.isConstant() && areConstant(_exprs);
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return _op.eval(_expr.eval(ctx),
                      exprListToDelayedValues(_exprs, ctx), null);
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      for(Expr expr : _exprs) {
        expr.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
      }
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      _expr.toString(sb, isDebug);
      sb.append(" ").append(_op).append(" (");
      exprListToString(_exprs, ",", sb, isDebug);
      sb.append(")");
    }
  }

  private static class EBetweenOp extends ESpecOp
    implements RightAssocExpr
  {
    private final Expr _startRangeExpr;
    private Expr _endRangeExpr;

    private EBetweenOp(SpecOp op, Expr expr, Expr startRangeExpr,
                       Expr endRangeExpr) {
      super(op, expr);
      _startRangeExpr = startRangeExpr;
      _endRangeExpr = endRangeExpr;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isConstant() {
      return _expr.isConstant() && areConstant(_startRangeExpr, _endRangeExpr);
    }

    public Expr getRight() {
      return _endRangeExpr;
    }

    public void setRight(Expr right) {
      _endRangeExpr = right;
    }

    @Override
    public Value eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return _op.eval(_expr.eval(ctx),
                      new DelayedValue(_startRangeExpr, ctx),
                      new DelayedValue(_endRangeExpr, ctx));
    }

    @Override
    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      super.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
      _startRangeExpr.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
      _endRangeExpr.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
    }

    @Override
    protected void toExprString(StringBuilder sb, boolean isDebug) {
      _expr.toString(sb, isDebug);
      sb.append(" ").append(_op).append(" ");
      _startRangeExpr.toString(sb, isDebug);
      sb.append(" And ");
      _endRangeExpr.toString(sb, isDebug);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Base Expression wrapper for an Expr.
   */
  private static abstract class BaseExprWrapper implements Expression
  {
    private final String _rawExprStr;
    private final Expr _expr;

    private BaseExprWrapper(String rawExprStr, Expr expr) {
      _rawExprStr = rawExprStr;
      _expr = expr;
    }

    public String toDebugString() {
      return _expr.toDebugString();
    }

    public String toRawString() {
      return _rawExprStr;
    }

    public boolean isConstant() {
      return _expr.isConstant();
    }

    public void collectIdentifiers(Collection<Identifier> identifiers) {
      _expr.collectIdentifiers(identifiers);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return _expr.toString();
    }

    protected Object evalValue(Value.Type resultType, EvalContext ctx) {
      Value val = _expr.eval(ctx);

      if(val.isNull()) {
        return null;
      }

      if(resultType == null) {
        // return as "native" type
        return val.get();
      }

      // FIXME possibly do some type coercion.  are there conversions here which don't work elsewhere? (string -> date, string -> number)?
      switch(resultType) {
      case STRING:
        return val.getAsString();
      case DATE:
      case TIME:
      case DATE_TIME:
        return val.getAsDateTime(ctx);
      case LONG:
        return val.getAsLongInt();
      case DOUBLE:
        return val.getAsDouble();
      case BIG_DEC:
        return val.getAsBigDecimal();
      default:
        throw new IllegalStateException("unexpected result type " + resultType);
      }
    }

    protected Boolean evalCondition(EvalContext ctx) {
      Value val = _expr.eval(ctx);

      if(val.isNull()) {
        // null can't be coerced to a boolean
        throw new EvalException("Condition evaluated to Null");
      }

      return val.getAsBoolean();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Expression wrapper for an Expr which returns a value.
   */
  private static class ExprWrapper extends BaseExprWrapper
  {
    private final Value.Type _resultType;

    private ExprWrapper(String rawExprStr, Expr expr, Value.Type resultType) {
      super(rawExprStr, expr);
      _resultType = resultType;
    }

    public Object eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return evalValue(_resultType, ctx);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Expression wrapper for an Expr which returns a Boolean from a conditional
   * expression.
   */
  private static class CondExprWrapper extends BaseExprWrapper
  {
    private CondExprWrapper(String rawExprStr, Expr expr) {
      super(rawExprStr, expr);
    }

    public Object eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      return evalCondition(ctx);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Expression wrapper for a <i>pure</i> Expr which caches the result of
   * evaluation.
   */
  private static final class MemoizedExprWrapper extends ExprWrapper
  {
    private Object _val;

    private MemoizedExprWrapper(String rawExprStr, Expr expr,
                                Value.Type resultType) {
      super(rawExprStr, expr, resultType);
    }

    @Override
    public Object eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      if(_val == null) {
        _val = super.eval(ctx);
      }
      return _val;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Expression wrapper for a <i>pure</i> conditional Expr which caches the
   * result of evaluation.
   */
  private static final class MemoizedCondExprWrapper extends CondExprWrapper
  {
    private Object _val;

    private MemoizedCondExprWrapper(String rawExprStr, Expr expr) {
      super(rawExprStr, expr);
    }

    @Override
    public Object eval(EvalContext ctx) {
      if(_val == null) {
        _val = super.eval(ctx);
      }
      return _val;
    }
  }
}