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 package org.kuali.rice.core.api.criteria;

 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;

 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;

 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;

 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

 /**

  * An immutable expression which represents an "is not null" statement which is

  * evaluated the property defined by the property path on this expression.

  * 

  * <p>Constructed as part of a {@link Criteria} when built using a

  * {@link CriteriaBuilder}.

  * 

  * @see Criteria

  * @see CriteriaBuilder

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  *

  */

 @XmlRootElement(name = NotNullExpression.Constants.ROOT_ELEMENT_NAME)

 @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)

 @XmlType(name = NotNullExpression.Constants.TYPE_NAME)

 public final class NotNullExpression extends AbstractExpression implements PropertyPathExpression {

         private static final long serialVersionUID = 6723462533500402423L;

         @XmlAttribute(name = CriteriaSupportUtils.PropertyConstants.PROPERTY_PATH)

         private final String propertyPath;

         /**

      * Should only be invoked by JAXB.

      */

     @SuppressWarnings("unused")

     private NotNullExpression() {

         this.propertyPath = null;

     }

     /**

          * Constructs a NotNullExpression for the given propertyPath.

          * 

          * @param propertyPath the property path for the expression, must not be null or blank

          * 

          * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the propertyPath is null or blank

          */

     NotNullExpression(String propertyPath) {

             if (StringUtils.isBlank(propertyPath)) {

                         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Property path cannot be null or blank.");

                 }

                 this.propertyPath = propertyPath;

     }

     @Override

     public String getPropertyPath() {

             return propertyPath;

     }

         /**

      * Defines some internal constants used on this class.

      */

     static class Constants {

         final static String ROOT_ELEMENT_NAME = "notNull";

         final static String TYPE_NAME = "NotNullType";

     }

 }