EqualsFilter

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.ldap.filter.AbstractFilter
- - org.springframework.ldap.filter.CompareFilter
  - - org.springframework.ldap.filter.EqualsFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:: Filter

Direct Known Subclasses:: LikeFilter, WhitespaceWildcardsFilter

public class EqualsFilter
extends CompareFilter

A filter for 'equals'. The following code:

 EqualsFilter filter = new EqualsFilter("cn", "Some CN");
 System.out.println(filter.encode());

would result in:

 (cn=Some CN)

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`EqualsFilter(java.lang.String attribute, int value)`	Convenience constructor for int values.
`EqualsFilter(java.lang.String attribute, java.lang.String value)`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected java.lang.String`	`getCompareString()`	Implement this method in subclass to return a String representing the operator.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.filter.CompareFilter
encode, encodeValue, equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.filter.AbstractFilter
encode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - EqualsFilter
```
public EqualsFilter(java.lang.String attribute,
                    java.lang.String value)
```
  - EqualsFilter
```
public EqualsFilter(java.lang.String attribute,
                    int value)
```
    Convenience constructor for int values.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attribute - Name of attribute in filter.
    
    value - The value of the attribute in the filter.
- Method Detail
  - getCompareString
```
protected java.lang.String getCompareString()
```
    Description copied from class: CompareFilter
    
    Implement this method in subclass to return a String representing the operator. The getCompareString() would for example return an equals sign, "=".
    
    Specified by:
    
    getCompareString in class CompareFilter
    
    Returns:
    
    the String to use as operator in the comparison for the specific subclass.