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Language Syntax

Subsections

Terminal Atom Syntax
- Integer Atom
- Float Atom
- String Atom
- Char Atom
- Boolean Atom
- Identifier Atom
- Oid Atom
- Object Atom
- Null Atom
- Nil Atom
Non Terminal Atom Production
- List, Set, Bag and Array Atoms
- Struct Atom
Keywords
Comments
Statements
Expression Statements
Atomic Literal Expressions
Arithmetic Expressions
- Additive Expression
- Multiplicative, Division and Minus Expressions
- Shift, Mod, And, Or, XOr Expressions
- Sign Expressions
- Complement Expressions
Assignment Expressions
Auto Increment & Decrement Expressions
Comparison Expressions
- Equal and NotEqual Expressions
- Less and Greater Expressions
- Regular Expression Operators
Logical Expressions
Conditional Expression
Expression Sequences
Array Deferencing
- Single Deferencing
- Range Deferencing
Identifier Expressions
- :: Operator
- isset Operator
- unset Operator
- refof Operator
- valof Operator
- scopeof Operator
- push Operator
- pop Operator
Path Expressions
Function Call
Method Invocation
- Instance Method Invocation
- Class Method Invocation
Eval/Unval Operators
- eval Operator
- unval Operator
Set Expressions
- union Operator
- intersect Operator
- except Operator
- Inclusion Operators
Object Creation
Object Deletion
Collection Expressions
- contents Operator
- in Operator
- add/to Operator
- [] Operator
- [:] Operator
- [?] Operator
- append/to Operator
- suppress/from Operator
- empty Operator
- exists/in Operator
- for Operator
Exception Expressions
Function Definition Expressions
Conversion Expressions
- string operator
- int operator
- char operator
- float operator
- oid operator
- ident operator
Type Information Expressions
- typeof operator
- classof operator
- typeof operator
Query Expressions
- ODMG vs. EYEDB OQL Query Expressions
- The general select syntax
- Arrays and collections in query expressions
- The Implicit select syntax
- Querying the schema
- How queries are optimized?
Miscellenaous Expressions
- bodyof operator
- structof operator
- [!] operator
- import operator
Selection Statements
Iteration Statements
- while statement
- do/while statement
- C-for statement
- collection-for statement
Jump Statements
- break Statement
- return Statement
Function Definition Statements
- Argument Types/Return Type
- Arguments in, out and inout
- Return Value
- Default Arguments
- Unval Arguments
- Scope of Variables
- Recursivity
- Particularity
- The oql$functions Variable

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