Literal (Neo4j Cypher DSL (Core) 9999-SNAPSHOT API)

Type Parameters:

T - type of content

All Superinterfaces:

Expression, Visitable

All Known Implementing Classes:

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

Since:

1.0

Author:

Michael J. Simons

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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.

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

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

- Method Detail
  - asString
```
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.