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package org.apache.jackrabbit.spi.commons.query.qom;

import javax.jcr.query.qom.QueryObjectModelConstants;

/**
 * Enumeration of the JCR 2.0 query operators.
 *
 * @since Apache Jackrabbit 2.0
 */
public enum Operator {

    EQ("{http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0}operatorEqualTo", "="),
    // EQ(QueryObjectModelConstants.JCR_OPERATOR_EQUAL_TO, "="),

    NE("{http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0}operatorNotEqualTo", "!=", "<>"),
    // NE(QueryObjectModelConstants.JCR_OPERATOR_NOT_EQUAL_TO, "!=", "<>"),

    GT(QueryObjectModelConstants.JCR_OPERATOR_GREATER_THAN, ">"),

    GE(QueryObjectModelConstants.JCR_OPERATOR_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO, ">="),

    LT(QueryObjectModelConstants.JCR_OPERATOR_LESS_THAN, "<"),

    LE(QueryObjectModelConstants.JCR_OPERATOR_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO, "<="),

    LIKE(QueryObjectModelConstants.JCR_OPERATOR_LIKE, null, "like");

    /**
     * JCR name of this operator.
     */
    private final String name;

    /**
     * This operator in XPath syntax.
     */
    private final String xpath;

    /**
     * This operator in SQL syntax.
     */
    private final String sql;

    private Operator(String name, String op) {
        this(name, op, op);
    }

    private Operator(String name, String xpath, String sql) {
        this.name = name;
        this.xpath = xpath;
        this.sql = sql;
    }

    /**
     * Formats an XPath constraint with this operator and the given operands.
     * The operands are simply used as-is, without any quoting or escaping.
     *
     * @param a first operand
     * @param b second operand
     * @return XPath constraint, <code>a op b</code> or
     *         <code>jcr:like(a, b)</code> for {@link #LIKE}
     */
    public String formatXpath(String a, String b) {
        if (this == LIKE) {
            return "jcr:like(" + a + ", " + b + ")";
        } else {
            return a + " " + xpath + " " + b;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Formats an SQL constraint with this operator and the given operands.
     * The operands are simply used as-is, without any quoting or escaping.
     *
     * @param a first operand
     * @param b second operand
     * @return SQL constraint, <code>a op b</code>
     */
    public String formatSql(String a, String b) {
        return a + " " + sql + " " + b;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the JCR 2.0 name of this query operator.
     *
     * @see QueryObjectModelConstants
     * @return JCR name of this operator
     */
    public String toString() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of the names of all the JCR 2.0 query operators.
     *
     * @return names of all query operators
     */
    public static String[] getAllQueryOperators() {
        return new String[] {
                EQ.toString(),
                NE.toString(),
                GT.toString(),
                GE.toString(),
                LT.toString(),
                LE.toString(),
                LIKE.toString()
        };
    }

}

Use an enumeration for QOM operators