atg.repository.search.indexing.filter

Class UniqueFilter

java.lang.Object

atg.repository.search.indexing.filter.UniqueFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyValuesFilter

public class UniqueFilter
extends java.lang.Object
implements PropertyValuesFilter

Implement a filter that removes any duplicate values.

Created: April 28 2005

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface atg.repository.search.indexing.PropertyValuesFilter

PropertyValuesFilter.ReversiblePropertyValuesFilter

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	CLASS_VERSION Class version string

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UniqueFilter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	applyAfterFormatting() Apply this filter before formatting, if possible.
atg.repository.search.indexing.ValueAndSecurity[]	filter(java.lang.String pPropertyName, atg.repository.search.indexing.ValueAndSecurity[] pValues) Filter the specified values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

public static java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

Class version string

Constructor Detail

UniqueFilter

public UniqueFilter()

Method Detail

applyAfterFormatting

public boolean applyAfterFormatting()

Apply this filter before formatting, if possible.

Specified by:

applyAfterFormatting in interface PropertyValuesFilter

Returns:

true if values should have been formatted/stringified before the filter is invoked, false either formatted or unformatted is okay.

filter

public atg.repository.search.indexing.ValueAndSecurity[] filter(java.lang.String pPropertyName,
                                                                atg.repository.search.indexing.ValueAndSecurity[] pValues)

Filter the specified values. Return the filtered list of values. Some filters ("add" or "concat") might return an array with a single value. Others ("unique") might return multiple values.

Specified by:

filter in interface PropertyValuesFilter

Parameters:

pPropertyName - the name of the property

pValues - and array of values with their corresponding security elements.