// The path AST should be a DotNode, and it should have been evaluated already.
if ( path.getType() != SqlTokenTypes.DOT ) {
throw new SemanticException( "Path expected for join!" );
}
DotNode dot = (DotNode) path;
JoinType hibernateJoinType = JoinProcessor.toHibernateJoinType( joinType );
dot.setJoinType( hibernateJoinType ); // Tell the dot node about the join type.
dot.setFetch( fetch );
// Generate an explicit join for the root dot node. The implied joins will be collected and passed up
// to the root dot node.
dot.resolve( true, false, alias == null ? null : alias.getText() );