LikeFilter

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

LikeFilter(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`	`encodeValue(java.lang.String value)`	Override to perform special encoding in subclass.

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

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.filter.CompareFilter
encode, 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
  - LikeFilter
```
public LikeFilter(java.lang.String attribute,
                  java.lang.String value)
```
- Method Detail
  - encodeValue
```
protected java.lang.String encodeValue(java.lang.String value)
```
    Description copied from class: CompareFilter
    
    Override to perform special encoding in subclass.
    
    Overrides:
    
    encodeValue in class CompareFilter
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to encode.
    
    Returns:
    
    properly escaped value.