org.springframework.ldap.support.filter
Class LikeFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.AbstractFilter
      org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.CompareFilter
          org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.EqualsFilter
              org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.LikeFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter

public class LikeFilter

extends EqualsFilter

This filter allows the user to specify wildcards (*) by not escaping them in the filter. The following code:

 LikeFilter filter = new LikeFilter("cn", "foo*");
 System.out.println(filter.ecode());
 

would result in:

  (cn=foo*)
 

Author:

Anders Henja, Mattias Arthursson

Constructor Summary

LikeFilter(java.lang.String attribute, java.lang.String value)

Method Summary

protected java.lang.String

encodeValue(java.lang.String value) Encodes a value according to the rules for this filter.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.EqualsFilter

getCompareString

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.CompareFilter

encode, equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.AbstractFilter

encode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LikeFilter

public LikeFilter(java.lang.String attribute,
                  java.lang.String value)

Method Detail

encodeValue

protected java.lang.String encodeValue(java.lang.String value)

Encodes a value according to the rules for this filter.

Overrides:

encodeValue in class CompareFilter

Parameters:

value - Value to encode.

Returns:

Encoded value.