Supporting Oracle operators like '>=' or '<=' with embedded whitespace.

src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/expression/operators/relational/ComparisonOperator.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * JSQLParser library
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+ * #L%
+ */
+package net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.operators.relational;
+
+public abstract class ComparisonOperator extends OldOracleJoinBinaryExpression {
+
+    private final String operator;
+
+    public ComparisonOperator(String operator) {
+        this.operator = operator;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getStringExpression() {
+        return operator;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/expression/operators/relational/EqualsTo.java

@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@
 
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.ExpressionVisitor;
 
-public class EqualsTo extends OldOracleJoinBinaryExpression {
+public class EqualsTo extends ComparisonOperator {
 
-	@Override
-	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
-		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
+	public EqualsTo() {
+		super("=");
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String getStringExpression() {
-		return "=";
+	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
+		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/expression/operators/relational/GreaterThan.java

@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@
 
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.ExpressionVisitor;
 
-public class GreaterThan extends OldOracleJoinBinaryExpression {
+public class GreaterThan extends ComparisonOperator {
 
+	public GreaterThan() {
+		super(">");
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
 		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
 	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String getStringExpression() {
-		return ">";
-	}
 }

src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/expression/operators/relational/GreaterThanEquals.java

@@ -23,15 +23,18 @@
 
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.ExpressionVisitor;
 
-public class GreaterThanEquals extends OldOracleJoinBinaryExpression {
+public class GreaterThanEquals extends ComparisonOperator {
 
-	@Override
-	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
-		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
+	public GreaterThanEquals() {
+		super(">=");
+	}
+
+	public GreaterThanEquals(String operator) {
+		super(operator);
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String getStringExpression() {
-		return ">=";
+	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
+		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/expression/operators/relational/MinorThan.java

@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@
 
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.ExpressionVisitor;
 
-public class MinorThan extends OldOracleJoinBinaryExpression {
+public class MinorThan extends ComparisonOperator {
 
-	@Override
-	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
-		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
+	public MinorThan() {
+		super("<");
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String getStringExpression() {
-		return "<";
+	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
+		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/expression/operators/relational/MinorThanEquals.java

@@ -23,15 +23,18 @@
 
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.ExpressionVisitor;
 
-public class MinorThanEquals extends OldOracleJoinBinaryExpression {
+public class MinorThanEquals extends ComparisonOperator {
 
-	@Override
-	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
-		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
+	public MinorThanEquals() {
+		super("<=");
+	}
+
+	public MinorThanEquals(String operator) {
+		super(operator);
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String getStringExpression() {
-		return "<=";
+	public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
+		expressionVisitor.visit(this);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/expression/operators/relational/NotEqualsTo.java

@@ -23,28 +23,18 @@
 
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.ExpressionVisitor;
 
-public class NotEqualsTo extends OldOracleJoinBinaryExpression {
-
-    private final String operator;
+public class NotEqualsTo extends ComparisonOperator {
 
     public NotEqualsTo() {
-        operator = "<>";
+        super("<>");
     }
 
     public NotEqualsTo(String operator) {
-        this.operator = operator;
-        if (!"!=".equals(operator) && !"<>".equals(operator)) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("only <> or != allowed");
-        }
+        super(operator);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void accept(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor) {
         expressionVisitor.visit(this);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getStringExpression() {
-        return operator;
-    }
 }

src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt

@@ -95,10 +95,7 @@ PARSER_END(CCJSqlParser)
 
 SKIP:
 {
-    " "
-|   "\t"
-|   "\r"
-|   "\n"
+    <WHITESPACE: " " | "\t" | "\r" | "\n">
 }
 
 TOKEN: /* SQL Keywords. prefixed with K_ to avoid name clashes */
@@ -237,6 +234,14 @@ TOKEN: /* SQL Keywords. prefixed with K_ to avoid name clashes */
 |	<K_IGNORE : "IGNORE">
 }
 
+TOKEN : /* Operators */
+{
+	<OP_GREATERTHANEQUALS: ">" (<WHITESPACE>)* "=">
+|	<OP_MINORTHANEQUALS: "<" (<WHITESPACE>)* "=">
+|	<OP_NOTEQUALSSTANDARD: "<" (<WHITESPACE>)* ">">
+|	<OP_NOTEQUALSBANG: "!=">
+}
+
 TOKEN : /* Numeric Constants */
 {
    < S_DOUBLE: ((<S_LONG>)? "." <S_LONG> ( ["e","E"] (["+", "-"])? <S_LONG>)?
@@ -1611,14 +1616,14 @@ Expression RegularCondition():
 
 	[ "(" "+" ")" { oracleJoin=EqualsTo.ORACLE_JOIN_RIGHT; } ]
 
-	(
+	( LOOKAHEAD(2)
 	">" { result = new GreaterThan(); }
 	| "<" { result = new MinorThan(); }
 	| "=" { result = new EqualsTo(); }
-	| ">=" { result = new GreaterThanEquals(); }
-	| "<=" { result = new MinorThanEquals(); }
-	| "<>" { result = new NotEqualsTo(); }
-    | "!=" { result = new NotEqualsTo("!="); }
+	| token=<OP_GREATERTHANEQUALS> { result = new GreaterThanEquals(token.image); }
+	| token=<OP_MINORTHANEQUALS> { result = new MinorThanEquals(token.image); }
+	| token=<OP_NOTEQUALSSTANDARD> { result = new NotEqualsTo(token.image); }
+	| token=<OP_NOTEQUALSBANG> { result = new NotEqualsTo(token.image); }
 	| "@@" { result = new Matches(); }
 	| "~" { result = new RegExpMatchOperator(RegExpMatchOperatorType.MATCH_CASESENSITIVE); }
 	| <K_REGEXP> [ <K_BINARY> { binary=true; } ] { result = new RegExpMySQLOperator(binary?RegExpMatchOperatorType.MATCH_CASESENSITIVE:RegExpMatchOperatorType.MATCH_CASEINSENSITIVE); }

src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/test/TestUtils.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.util.deparser.*;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@
  */
 public class TestUtils {
 
+    private static final Pattern SQL_COMMENT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(--.*$)|(/\\*.*?\\*/)",Pattern.MULTILINE);
+
     public static void assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(String statement) throws JSQLParserException {
         assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(statement, false);
     }
@@ -72,8 +75,9 @@ public static void assertStatementCanBeDeparsedAs(Statement parsed, String state
         assertEquals(buildSqlString(statement, laxDeparsingCheck), 
                 buildSqlString(deParser.getBuffer().toString(), laxDeparsingCheck));
     }
-
+    
     public static String buildSqlString(String sql, boolean laxDeparsingCheck) {
+    	sql = SQL_COMMENT_PATTERN.matcher(sql).replaceAll("");
         if (laxDeparsingCheck) {
             return sql.replaceAll("\\s", " ").replaceAll("\\s+", " ").replaceAll("\\s*([/,()=+\\-*|\\]<>])\\s*", "$1").toLowerCase().trim();
         } else {

src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/test/select/SpecialOracleTest.java

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.JSQLParserException;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.parser.CCJSqlParserUtil;
+import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.Statement;
+import net.sf.jsqlparser.parser.TokenMgrError;
+
 import static net.sf.jsqlparser.test.TestUtils.*;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -63,14 +66,17 @@ public void testAllSqlsParseDeparse() throws IOException {
                 } catch (JSQLParserException ex) {
                     //LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                     LOG.log(Level.INFO, "   -> PROBLEM {0}", ex.toString());
+                } catch (TokenMgrError ex) {
+                    //LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
+                    LOG.log(Level.INFO, "   -> PROBLEM {0}", ex.toString());
                 } catch (Exception ex) {
                     LOG.log(Level.INFO, "   -> PROBLEM {0}", ex.toString());
                 }
             }
         }
 
         LOG.log(Level.INFO, "tested {0} files. got {1} correct parse results", new Object[]{count, success});
-        assertTrue(success >= 129);
+        assertTrue(success >= 130);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -89,4 +95,61 @@ public void testAllSqlsOnlyParse() throws IOException {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOperatorsWithSpaces() throws Exception {
+    	String sql;
+    	Statement statement;
+
+    	// First, the regular way (normal for most databases).
+    	sql = "SELECT\n"
+        		+ "    Something\n"
+        		+ "FROM\n"
+        		+ "    Sometable\n"
+				+ "WHERE\n"
+				+ "    Somefield >= Somevalue\n"
+				+ "    AND Somefield <= Somevalue\n"
+				+ "    AND Somefield <> Somevalue\n"
+				+ "    AND Somefield != Somevalue\n";
+
+        statement = CCJSqlParserUtil.parse(sql);
+
+        System.out.println(statement.toString());
+
+        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(sql, true);
+
+        // Second, the special crap Oracle lets you get away with.
+        sql = "SELECT\n"
+        		+ "    Something\n"
+        		+ "FROM\n"
+        		+ "    Sometable\n"
+				+ "WHERE\n"
+				+ "    Somefield > = Somevalue\n"
+				+ "    AND Somefield < = Somevalue\n"
+				+ "    AND Somefield < > Somevalue\n";
+
+        // Note, we do not (currently) test the "!=" with spaces in between -- Postgresql deals with this as two operators, "factorial" and "equals".
+
+        statement = CCJSqlParserUtil.parse(sql);
+
+        System.out.println(statement.toString());
+
+        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(sql, true);
+
+        // And then with multiple whitespace
+        sql = "SELECT\n"
+        		+ "    Something\n"
+        		+ "FROM\n"
+        		+ "    Sometable\n"
+				+ "WHERE\n"
+				+ "    Somefield > \t = Somevalue\n"
+				+ "    AND Somefield <   = Somevalue\n"
+				+ "    AND Somefield <\t\t> Somevalue\n";
+
+        statement = CCJSqlParserUtil.parse(sql);
+
+        System.out.println(statement.toString());
+
+        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(sql, true);
+    }
 }