/*

  * SQLElements object-oriented SQL parsing and generation library

  * 

  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005 Israfil Consulting Services Corporation

  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005 Christian Edward Gruber

  * All Rights Reserved

  * 

  *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 

  *  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published 

  *  by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 

  *  (at your option) any later version.

  *

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  * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, 

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  *

  * $Id: AbstractAliasedSQLElement.java 16 2005-12-08 23:03:58 -0500 (Thu, 08 Dec 2005) cgruber $

  */

 package org.israfil.sqlelements;

 /**

  * 

  * @author <a href="mailto:cgruber@israfil.net">Christian Edward Gruber </a>

  * @author Latest: $Author: cgruber $

  * @version $Revision: 16 $

  */

 public abstract class AbstractAliasedSQLElement implements AliasedSQLElement {

         protected String alias;

         public String getAlias() {

                 return alias;

         }

         public void setAlias(String value) {

                 alias = value;

         }

         public boolean hasAlias() {

                 return (alias != null && !alias.equals(""));

         }

         public AbstractAliasedSQLElement() {

         }

         public AbstractAliasedSQLElement(String alias) {

                 this.alias = alias;

         }

         public void finalize() throws Throwable {

                 alias = null;

         }

 }