net.sf.ldaptemplate.support.filter
Class CompareFilter

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.ldaptemplate.support.filter.AbstractFilter
      net.sf.ldaptemplate.support.filter.CompareFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter

Direct Known Subclasses:

EqualsFilter, GreaterThanOrEqualsFilter, LessThanOrEqualsFilter

public abstract class CompareFilter

extends AbstractFilter

Abstract superclass for filters to compare values, e.g. EqualsFilter.

Author:

Mattias Arthursson

Constructor Summary

CompareFilter(java.lang.String attribute, int value)
Convenience constructor for int values.

CompareFilter(java.lang.String attribute, java.lang.String value)

Method Summary

java.lang.StringBuffer	encode(java.lang.StringBuffer buff) Prints the query with LDAP encoding to a stringbuffer
protected java.lang.String	encodeValue(java.lang.String value) Override to perform special encoding in subclass.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares key and value before encoding
protected abstract java.lang.String	getCompareString() Implement this method in subclass to return a String representing the operator, e.g. the Equals sign, "=".
int	hashCode() hash attribute and value

Methods inherited from class net.sf.ldaptemplate.support.filter.AbstractFilter

encode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CompareFilter

public CompareFilter(java.lang.String attribute,
                     java.lang.String value)

CompareFilter

public CompareFilter(java.lang.String attribute,
                     int value)

Convenience constructor for int values.

Parameters:

attribute -

value -

Method Detail

encodeValue

protected java.lang.String encodeValue(java.lang.String value)

Override to perform special encoding in subclass.

Parameters:

value - the value to encode.

Returns:

properly escaped value.

encode

public java.lang.StringBuffer encode(java.lang.StringBuffer buff)

Description copied from class: AbstractFilter

Prints the query with LDAP encoding to a stringbuffer

Specified by:

encode in interface Filter

Specified by:

encode in class AbstractFilter

Parameters:

buff - The stringbuffer

Returns:

The very same stringbuffer

See Also:

Filter.encode(java.lang.StringBuffer)

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Compares key and value before encoding

See Also:

Filter.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

hash attribute and value

See Also:

Filter.hashCode()

getCompareString

protected abstract java.lang.String getCompareString()

Implement this method in subclass to return a String representing the operator, e.g. the Equals sign, "=".

Returns:

the String to use as operator in the comparison for the specific subclass.