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PostgreSQL JSON arrow operators #1696

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@juliencorman

Hello,

With the JSQL Parser Version 4.5, I encountered the two following issues when parsing PostgreSQL JSON functions in infix notation (the "arrow" operators).

The query
SELECT '{"key": "value"}'::json -> 'key' AS X
yields an exception
net.sf.jsqlparser.parser.ParseException: Encountered unexpected token: "->" "->".

This extends to all the combinations that I tried for the pattern
SELECT [leftOperand]::[datatype] [arrowSymbol] [rightOperand] AS X
where
[leftOperand] is a json object
[datatype] is one of {json, jsonb}
[arrowSymbol] is one of { ->, ->>, #>, #>>}
[rightOperand] is a positive integer, a quoted string or a an expression of the form '{a,b}'.

The query
SELECT Y::json -> 'key' AS X
is parsed.

As well as all the combinations that I tried for the above pattern, but where is a non-quoted string (aka a variable name).

The expression
Y::json -> 'key'
in this example is exposed as an instance of
net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.JSONExpression.

And the right operand ('key' in this example) is the first element of the list
net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.JSONExpression.idents.

However, this list idents has private access.
And looking at the source code, I could not find a way to retrieve its elements.
The class JSONExpression contains a getter method for idents, but the code has been commented out.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Kind regards,
Julien Corman

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