//A column under a <Node> (or <View>) element is either a declaration (build meta data only) or defines an entry in the parent's ViewColumnNode
public void BuildNodeValue(ViewTable.Builder.BuildingData buildingData, ViewTable vTable, ViewTable.Builder.Node node, long row, ViewTable parentViewTable, Operation.ExpressionParsingContext expressionParsingContext, ref Database.MetaColumn metaColum)
{
BuildOrUpdateDeclaration(buildingData, vTable, ref metaColum, expressionParsingContext);
//If the parent's node data type is Node
if (node.parent != null && node.parent.data.type == ViewTable.Builder.Node.Data.DataType.Node)
{
// this column is an entry in the parent's column
var option = new Operation.Expression.ParseIdentifierOption(buildingData.Schema, parentViewTable, true, true, metaColum != null ? metaColum.Type.scriptingType : null, expressionParsingContext);
option.formatError = (string s, Operation.Expression.ParseIdentifierOption opt) =>
{
return(FormatErrorContextInfo(buildingData.Schema, parentViewTable) + " : " + s);
};
Operation.Expression expression = Operation.Expression.ParseIdentifier(value, option);
//if the meta column does not have a type defined yet, define it as the expression's type.
if (metaColum.Type.scriptingType == null)
{
DataMatchMethod matchMethod = expression.type == typeof(string) ? DataMatchMethod.AsString : DataMatchMethod.AsNumber;
metaColum.Type = new MetaType()
{
scriptingType = expression.type, comparisonMethod = matchMethod
};
}
ViewColumnNode.IViewColumnNode column = BuildOrGetColumnNode(parentViewTable, metaColum, name, expressionParsingContext);
column.SetEntry(row, expression, m_MetaLink);
}
}
public MetaType(Type st, DataMatchMethod mm = DataMatchMethod.AsString)
{
scriptingType = st;
comparisonMethod = mm;
}