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#ifndef DRIZZLED_ITEM_REF_NULL_HELPER_H
#define DRIZZLED_ITEM_REF_NULL_HELPER_H

/*
  An object of this class:
   - Converts val_XXX() calls to ref->val_XXX_result() calls, like Item_ref.
   - Sets owner->was_null=true if it has returned a NULL value from any
     val_XXX() function. This allows to inject an Item_ref_null_helper
     object into subquery and then check if the subquery has produced a row
     with NULL value.
*/

namespace drizzled
{

class Item_ref_null_helper: public Item_ref
{
protected:
  Item_in_subselect* owner;
public:
  Item_ref_null_helper(Name_resolution_context *context_arg,
                       Item_in_subselect* master, Item **item,
                       const char *table_name_arg, const char *field_name_arg)
    :Item_ref(context_arg, item, table_name_arg, field_name_arg),
     owner(master) {}
  double val_real();
  int64_t val_int();
  String* val_str(String* s);
  type::Decimal *val_decimal(type::Decimal *);
  bool val_bool();
  bool get_date(type::Time &ltime, uint32_t fuzzydate);
  virtual void print(String *str);
  /*
    we add RAND_TABLE_BIT to prevent moving this item from HAVING to WHERE
  */
  table_map used_tables() const
  {
    return (depended_from ?
            OUTER_REF_TABLE_BIT :
            (*ref)->used_tables() | RAND_TABLE_BIT);
  }
};

} /* namespace drizzled */

#endif /* DRIZZLED_ITEM_REF_NULL_HELPER_H */