org.springframework.ldap.query

Interface ContainerCriteria

All Superinterfaces:

LdapQuery

public interface ContainerCriteria
extends LdapQuery

And/or filter builder support for LdapQuery.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Mattias Hellborg Arthursson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ContainerCriteria	and(ContainerCriteria nested) Append an And condition for a nested criterion.
ConditionCriteria	and(String attribute) Append a logical And condition to the currently built filter.
ContainerCriteria	or(ContainerCriteria nested) Append an Or condition for a nested criterion.
ConditionCriteria	or(String attribute) Append a logical Or condition to the currently built filter.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.ldap.query.LdapQuery

attributes, base, countLimit, filter, searchScope, timeLimit

Method Detail

and

ConditionCriteria and(String attribute)

Append a logical And condition to the currently built filter.

Parameters:

attribute - Name of the attribute to specify a condition for.

Returns:

A ConditionCriteria instance for specifying the compare operation.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if or(String) has previously been called on this instance.

or

ConditionCriteria or(String attribute)

Append a logical Or condition to the currently built filter.

Parameters:

attribute - Name of the attribute to specify a condition for.

Returns:

A ConditionCriteria instance for specifying the compare operation.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if and(String) has previously been called on this instance.

and

ContainerCriteria and(ContainerCriteria nested)

Append an And condition for a nested criterion. Use LdapQueryBuilder.query() to start the nested condition. Any base query information on the nested builder instance will not be considered.

Parameters:

nested - the nested criterion.

Returns:

A ConditionCriteria instance for specifying the compare operation.

or

ContainerCriteria or(ContainerCriteria nested)

Append an Or condition for a nested criterion. Use LdapQueryBuilder.query() to start the nested condition. Any base query information on the nested builder instance will not be considered.

Parameters:

nested - the nested criterion.

Returns:

A ConditionCriteria instance for specifying the compare operation.