Package org.springframework.data.relational.core.query

Interface CriteriaDefinition

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	Description
static enum	CriteriaDefinition.Combinator
static enum	CriteriaDefinition.Comparator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CriteriaDefinition	empty()	Static factory method to create an empty CriteriaDefinition.
static CriteriaDefinition	from(List<? extends CriteriaDefinition> criteria)	Create a new CriteriaDefinition and combine it as group with AND using the provided Criterias.
static CriteriaDefinition	from(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 Details

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:

CriteriaDefinition.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.