CriteriaDefinition (Spring Data Relational Parent 2.2.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

Criteria
```
public interface CriteriaDefinition
```
Interface defining a criteria definition object. A criteria definition may chain multiple predicates and may also represent a group of nested criteria objects.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Mark Paluch, Jens Schauder

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface and Description

static class CriteriaDefinition.Combinator

static class CriteriaDefinition.Comparator

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
`static class`	`CriteriaDefinition.Combinator`
`static class`	`CriteriaDefinition.Comparator`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static CriteriaDefinition`	`empty()` Static factory method to create an empty `CriteriaDefinition`.
`static CriteriaDefinition`	`from(CriteriaDefinition... criteria)` Create a new `CriteriaDefinition` and combine it as group with `AND` using the provided `Criterias`.
`static CriteriaDefinition`	`from(List<? extends CriteriaDefinition> criteria)` Create a new `CriteriaDefinition` and combine it as group with `AND` using the provided `Criterias`.
`SqlIdentifier`	`getColumn()`
`CriteriaDefinition.Combinator`	`getCombinator()`
`CriteriaDefinition.Comparator`	`getComparator()`
`List<CriteriaDefinition>`	`getGroup()`
`CriteriaDefinition`	`getPrevious()`
`Object`	`getValue()`
`boolean`	`hasPrevious()`
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`
`boolean`	`isGroup()`
`boolean`	`isIgnoreCase()` Checks whether comparison should be done in case-insensitive way.

- Method Detail
  - empty
```
static CriteriaDefinition empty()
```
    Static factory method to create an empty CriteriaDefinition.
    
    Returns:
    
    an empty CriteriaDefinition.
  - from
```
static CriteriaDefinition from(CriteriaDefinition... criteria)
```
    Create a new CriteriaDefinition and combine it as group with AND using the provided Criterias.
    
    Returns:
    
    new CriteriaDefinition.
  - from
```
static CriteriaDefinition from(List<? extends CriteriaDefinition> criteria)
```
    Create a new CriteriaDefinition and combine it as group with AND using the provided Criterias.
    
    Returns:
    
    new CriteriaDefinition.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - isGroup
```
boolean isGroup()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if this Criteria is empty.
  - getGroup
```
List<CriteriaDefinition> getGroup()
```
  - getColumn
```
@Nullable
SqlIdentifier getColumn()
```
    Returns:
    
    the column/property name.
  - getComparator
```
@Nullable
CriteriaDefinition.Comparator getComparator()
```
    Returns:
    
    Criteria.Comparator.
  - getValue
```
@Nullable
Object getValue()
```
    Returns:
    
    the comparison value. Can be null.
  - isIgnoreCase
```
boolean isIgnoreCase()
```
    Checks whether comparison should be done in case-insensitive way.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if comparison should be done in case-insensitive way
  - getPrevious
```
@Nullable
CriteriaDefinition getPrevious()
```
    Returns:
    
    the previous CriteriaDefinition object. Can be null if there is no previous CriteriaDefinition.
    
    See Also:
    
    hasPrevious()
  - hasPrevious
```
boolean hasPrevious()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if this Criteria has a previous one.
  - isEmpty
```
boolean isEmpty()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if this Criteria is empty.
  - getCombinator
```
CriteriaDefinition.Combinator getCombinator()
```
    Returns:
    
    CriteriaDefinition.Combinator to combine this criteria with a previous one.

Interface CriteriaDefinition

Nested Class Summary

Method Summary

Method Detail

empty

from

from

isGroup

getGroup

getColumn

getComparator

getValue

isIgnoreCase

getPrevious

hasPrevious

isEmpty

getCombinator