oracle.binding.meta.criteria
Interface CriteriaRow

All Superinterfaces:

Definition, NamedDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

NestedCriteriaRow, SimpleRow

public interface CriteriaRow
extends NamedDefinition

A criteria definition is made up of a list of rows that implements this interface. A criteria row can either be a nested criteria, or a simple row that contains one or more criteria items.

Nested Class Summary

static class

CriteriaRow.RowType

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

PROPERTY_CASE_SENSITIVE Standard properties for a view criteria row.

Fields inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

TYPE_ACCESSOR, TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, TYPE_CRITERIA, TYPE_CRITERIA_ITEM, TYPE_CRITERIA_OPERATOR, TYPE_CRITERIA_ROW, TYPE_DATACONTROL, TYPE_DEFINITION, TYPE_DEFINITIONCONTEXT, TYPE_NAMED, TYPE_OPERATION, TYPE_OPERATIONRETURN, TYPE_PARAMETER, TYPE_STRUCTURE, TYPE_VARIABLE

Method Summary

Criteria.Conjunction	getConjunction() The conjunction to be applied to this row or nested view criteria.
java.util.List	getPropertyListOfValues(java.lang.String propertyName) Returns a list of all valid values that is allowed in the given property.
CriteriaRow.RowType	getRowType() Whether this CriteriaRow is a regular row or a nested view criteria.
void	setConjunction(Criteria.Conjunction conjunction) Sets the conjunction of this row.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Sets the value of a row property.
void	validate() Validates this criteria row.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.NamedDefinition

getDefinitionParent, getFullName, getName, getProperties, getProperty

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

getDefinitionType

Field Detail

PROPERTY_CASE_SENSITIVE

static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_CASE_SENSITIVE

Standard properties for a view criteria row. SimpleRow definitions can optionally provide values for these properties, and are allowed to provide other custom properties.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getConjunction

Criteria.Conjunction getConjunction()

The conjunction to be applied to this row or nested view criteria. The default is OR.

Returns:

Conjunction represented by the enum type Conjunction defined in the Criteria iterface.

setConjunction

void setConjunction(Criteria.Conjunction conjunction)

Sets the conjunction of this row. The conjunction will be applied to connect this row with the previous row in the criteria. If a row is created but its conjunction is not set, the default row-level conjunction for the datacontrol is assumed.

Parameters:

conjunction - The conjunction of this row.

getRowType

CriteriaRow.RowType getRowType()

Whether this CriteriaRow is a regular row or a nested view criteria.

Returns:

An RowType indicating the type of this CriteriaRow.

getPropertyListOfValues

java.util.List getPropertyListOfValues(java.lang.String propertyName)

Returns a list of all valid values that is allowed in the given property.
If the given property allows any String value, this method should return null.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property whose list of valid values should be returned.

Returns:

A List of String containing the valid values for the given property. Null if there is no list of valid values for the property.

setProperty

void setProperty(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.String value)

Sets the value of a row property.

Parameters:

name - name of the property to be set.

value - value of the property.

validate

void validate()
              throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Validates this criteria row. This is for use by design tools to make sure that the newly created row is valid.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException