org.springframework.ldap.filter
Interface Filter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsoluteFalseFilter, AbsoluteTrueFilter, AbstractFilter, AndFilter, BinaryLogicalFilter, CompareFilter, EqualsFilter, GreaterThanOrEqualsFilter, HardcodedFilter, LessThanOrEqualsFilter, LikeFilter, NotFilter, NotPresentFilter, OrFilter, PresentFilter, WhitespaceWildcardsFilter

public interface Filter

Common interface for LDAP filters.

Author:

Adam Skogman

See Also:

RFC 1960: A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters< /a>

Method Summary

String	encode() Encodes the filter to a String.
StringBuffer	encode(StringBuffer buf) Encodes the filter to a StringBuffer.
boolean	equals(Object o) All filters must implement equals.
int	hashCode() All filters must implement hashCode.

Method Detail

encode

String encode()

Encodes the filter to a String.

Returns:

The encoded filter in the standard String format

encode

StringBuffer encode(StringBuffer buf)

Encodes the filter to a StringBuffer.

Parameters:

buf - The StringBuffer to encode the filter to

Returns:

The same StringBuffer as was given

equals

boolean equals(Object o)

All filters must implement equals.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o -

Returns:

true if the objects are equal.

hashCode

int hashCode()

All filters must implement hashCode.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the hash code according to the contract in Object.hashCode()