org.mmbase.storage.search.implementation
Class BasicFieldConstraint

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.storage.search.implementation.BasicConstraint
      org.mmbase.storage.search.implementation.BasicFieldConstraint

All Implemented Interfaces:

Constraint, FieldConstraint

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicFieldCompareConstraint, BasicFieldNullConstraint, BasicFieldValueBetweenConstraint, BasicFieldValueInConstraint, BasicStringSearchConstraint

public class BasicFieldConstraint

extends BasicConstraint

implements FieldConstraint

Basic implementation. The caseSensitive property defaults to true.

Since:

MMBase-1.7

Version:

$Id: BasicFieldConstraint.java,v 1.5 2003/03/10 11:50:54 pierre Exp $

Author:

Rob van Maris

Constructor Summary

protected

BasicFieldConstraint(StepField field) Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares this constraint to the specified object.
StepField	getField() Gets the associated stepfield.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isCaseSensitive() Tests if a the string comparison is case sensitive.
BasicFieldConstraint	setCaseSensitive(boolean caseSensitive) Sets caseSensitive property.

Methods inherited from class org.mmbase.storage.search.implementation.BasicConstraint

getBasicSupportLevel, isInverse, setInverse

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.mmbase.storage.search.Constraint

getBasicSupportLevel, isInverse

Constructor Detail

BasicFieldConstraint

protected BasicFieldConstraint(StepField field)

Constructor. Protected, so only subclasses can be instantiated.

Parameters:

field - The associated field.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - when an invalid argument is supplied.

Method Detail

setCaseSensitive

public BasicFieldConstraint setCaseSensitive(boolean caseSensitive)

Sets caseSensitive property. This has only effect when the associated field is of string type.

Parameters:

caseSensitive - The caseSensitive property value.

Returns:

This BasicFieldConstraint instance.

getField

public StepField getField()

Description copied from interface: FieldConstraint

Gets the associated stepfield.

Specified by:

getField in interface FieldConstraint

isCaseSensitive

public boolean isCaseSensitive()

Description copied from interface: FieldConstraint

Tests if a the string comparison is case sensitive. This property is ignored if the associated field is not of string type.

Specified by:

isCaseSensitive in interface FieldConstraint

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Description copied from interface: Constraint

Compares this constraint to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is a non-null Constraint object representing the same constraint(s).

Specified by:

equals in interface Constraint

Overrides:

equals in class BasicConstraint

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Constraint

Overrides:

hashCode in class BasicConstraint