com.townleyenterprises.filter
Class StringFilter

java.lang.Object
  com.townleyenterprises.common.PropertyProxy
      com.townleyenterprises.filter.QueryFilter
          com.townleyenterprises.filter.StringFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SubstringFilter

public class StringFilter

extends QueryFilter

This is a specialized instance of the QueryFilter class which directly supports filtering Strings. It will perform case sensitive or case insensitive string comparisons with the target objects, depending on how the object is configured when it is created.

Since:

2.0

Version:

$Id: StringFilter.java,v 1.3 2004/07/28 10:33:58 atownley Exp $

Author:

Andrew S. Townley

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

StringFilter(java.lang.Class klass, java.lang.String property, java.lang.String value, boolean ignorecase)
The constructor takes the property and the string value which should be compared.

Method Summary

boolean	doFilter(java.lang.Object o) This method actually performs the operation that will determine if the parameter object should be included in the "result" or not.
boolean	getIgnoreCase()

Methods inherited from class com.townleyenterprises.filter.QueryFilter

getOperator, getOperatorString, getProperty, getValue, toString

Methods inherited from class com.townleyenterprises.common.PropertyProxy

getPropertyValue, getSubjectClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringFilter

public StringFilter(java.lang.Class klass,
                    java.lang.String property,
                    java.lang.String value,
                    boolean ignorecase)

The constructor takes the property and the string value which should be compared.

Parameters:

klass - the class of the object to be filtered

property - the property name

value - the string value

ignorecase - controls case sensitivity of the comparison operation

Method Detail

doFilter

public boolean doFilter(java.lang.Object o)

Description copied from interface: Filter

This method actually performs the operation that will determine if the parameter object should be included in the "result" or not.

Specified by:

doFilter in interface Filter

Overrides:

doFilter in class QueryFilter

getIgnoreCase

public boolean getIgnoreCase()