org.springframework.ldap.support.filter
Interface Filter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFilter, AndFilter, BinaryLogicalFilter, CompareFilter, EqualsFilter, GreaterThanOrEqualsFilter, LessThanOrEqualsFilter, LikeFilter, NotFilter, OrFilter, WhitespaceWildcardsFilter

public interface Filter

Common interface for filters.

Author:

Adam Skogman

Method Summary

java.lang.String	encode() Encodes the filter to a string using the (@link #encode(StringBuffer) method.
java.lang.StringBuffer	encode(java.lang.StringBuffer buff) Prints the query with LDAP encoding to a stringbuffer
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) All filters must implement equals.
int	hashCode() All filters must implement hashCode()

Method Detail

encode

java.lang.String encode()

Encodes the filter to a string using the (@link #encode(StringBuffer) method.

Returns:

The encoded filter

encode

java.lang.StringBuffer encode(java.lang.StringBuffer buff)

Prints the query with LDAP encoding to a stringbuffer

Parameters:

buff - The stringbuffer

Returns:

The very same stringbuffer

equals

boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

All filters must implement equals.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o -

Returns:

true if the objects are equal.

hashCode

int hashCode()

All filters must implement hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

hascode