org.mmbase.storage.search

Interface LegacyConstraint

All Superinterfaces:

Constraint

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicLegacyConstraint, RemoteLegacyConstraint_Proxy

public interface LegacyConstraint
extends Constraint

Constraint represented by a string, as it appears in the where-clause of an SQL query.

This constraint type is provided for the sole purpose of aligning existing legacy code with the new search query framework, and will eventually be phased out.

Since:

MMBase-1.7

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Rob van Maris

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getConstraint() Gets the constraint.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this LegacyConstraint.

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

equals, getBasicSupportLevel, hashCode, isInverse, setUnmodifiable

Method Detail

getConstraint

String getConstraint()

Gets the constraint.

Returns:

The constraint as it appears in the where-clause.

toString

String toString()

Returns a string representation of this LegacyConstraint. The string representation has the form "LegacyConstraint(inverse:<:inverse>, field:<field>, constraint:<constraint>)" where

• <inverse>is the value returned by isInverse()
• <constraint> is the value returned by getConstraint()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A string representation of this LegacyConstraint.