oracle.binding.meta.criteria
Interface CustomOperator

All Superinterfaces:

Definition, NamedDefinition

public interface CustomOperator
extends NamedDefinition

A CustomOperator defines a custom operation that can be executed on an attribute. DataControl providers need to write code to interpret the operator, such as to provide the appropriate SQL fragment to be included in the where clause for a SQL datacontrol.

Field Summary

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

boolean

requiresOperand() Returns true if this operator requires an operand, false if it doesn't.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.NamedDefinition

getDefinitionParent, getFullName, getName, getProperties, getProperty

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

getDefinitionType

Method Detail

requiresOperand

boolean requiresOperand()

Returns true if this operator requires an operand, false if it doesn't.

Returns:

true if this operator requires an operand, false if it doesn't.