Literal (Neo4j Cypher DSL (Core) 2021.0.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.Literal<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of content

All Implemented Interfaces:

Expression, Visitable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Asterisk, BooleanLiteral, ListLiteral, Namespace, NullLiteral, NumberLiteral, StringLiteral
```
@API(status=EXPERIMENTAL,
     since="1.0")
public abstract class Literal<T>
extends java.lang.Object
implements Expression
```
Represents a literal with an optional content.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Michael J. Simons

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract java.lang.String`	`asString()`	The string representation should be designed in such a way the a renderer can use it correctly in the given context of the literal, i.e.
`T`	`getContent()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.Expression
add, as, ascending, concat, contains, descending, divide, endsWith, gt, gte, in, isEmpty, isEqualTo, isFalse, isNotEqualTo, isNotNull, isNull, isTrue, lt, lte, matches, matches, multiply, pow, property, remainder, startsWith, subtract

Methods inherited from interface org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.support.Visitable
accept

- Method Detail
  - getContent
```
public T getContent()
```
    Returns:
    
    The content of this literal, may be null
  - asString
```
public abstract java.lang.String asString()
```
    The string representation should be designed in such a way the a renderer can use it correctly in the given context of the literal, i.e. a literal containing a string should quote that string and escape all reserved characters.
    
    Returns:
    
    A string representation to be used literally in a cypher statement.