=encoding utf-8

=head1 NAME

DB::Object::ANY - ANY Operator Object

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    my $op = $dbh->ANY( 1, 2, 3 );
    # will produce:
    ANY ( 1, 2, 3 )

    "'something'" == $dbh->ANY( qw( some other words ) );
    # 'something' ANY ( some, other, words );
    "something" != $dbh->ANY( qw( some other words ) );
    # 'something' NOT ANY ( some, other, words );

    my $tbl = $dbh->my_table || die( $dbh->error );
    $tbl->as( 't' );
    my $sth = $tbl->select( 'DISTINCT field' );
    my $sql = $tbl->fo->somefield == $dbh->ANY( $sth );
    say $sql;
    # t.somefield ANY (SELECT DISTINCT t.field FROM my_table t)

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This is the C<ANY> object class inheriting from L<DB::Object::Operator>

=head1 METHODS

=head2 new

Takes a list of values that are saved in the newly created object returned.

=head2 as_string

Returns a string representation of this operator.

For example:

    $dbh->ANY( qw( some other words ) );
    # ANY ( some, other, words );

=head2 operator

Returns C<ANY>

=head2 value

In list context, returns an array of those values passed to L</new> and in scalar context, it returns those value as array reference.

=head1 OVERLOADING

Objects for this class have their C<==> and C<!=> operators overloaded.

When overloading is called, it returns a new L<DB::Object::Expression> that represents the formatted statement.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/arrays.html#ARRAYS-SEARCHING>

L<https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-comparisons.html#FUNCTIONS-COMPARISONS-IN-SCALAR>

(There is no C<ANY> operator in MySQL or SQLite)

=head1 AUTHOR

Jacques Deguest E<lt>F<jack@deguest.jp>E<gt>

=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2023 DEGUEST Pte. Ltd.

You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated
files under the same terms as Perl itself.

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