oracle.webcenter.search

Class ComplexPredicate

java.lang.Object

oracle.webcenter.search.Predicate

oracle.webcenter.search.ComplexPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ComplexPredicate
extends Predicate

The Query Predicate is a logical grouping of the various criteria that comprise a Query. Through the Query Predicate, ANDing and ORing of the criteria can be specified. Moreover, nesting of Query Predicates is also possible.

Since:

11.1.1.0.0 Beta 2

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	ComplexPredicate.ConjunctionOp The operator to use to conjoin criteria together.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ComplexPredicate() Constructs an empty ComplexPredicate with a default conjunction operator of ConjunctionOp.And.
ComplexPredicate(ComplexPredicate.ConjunctionOp conjunctionOp) Constructs a ComplexPredicate with the specified conjunction operator.
ComplexPredicate(ComplexPredicate.ConjunctionOp conjunctionOp, Predicate... predicates) Constructs a ComplexPredicate with the specified conjunction operator and a list of Predicates as its children.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Predicate	clonePredicate() Clones the ComplexPredicate so that consumers of it can directly manipulate the constituents of it.
java.util.List<Predicate>	getChildren() Gets a collection of child Predicate objects for this ComplexPredicate.
ComplexPredicate.ConjunctionOp	getConjunctionOperator() Gets the conjunction operator used by the ComplexPredicate.
void	setChildren(java.util.List<Predicate> children) Allows setting of the entire List of child Predicate objects.
java.lang.String	toString() A String representation of the ComplexPredicate.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ComplexPredicate

public ComplexPredicate()

Constructs an empty ComplexPredicate with a default conjunction operator of ConjunctionOp.And.

ComplexPredicate

public ComplexPredicate(ComplexPredicate.ConjunctionOp conjunctionOp)

Constructs a ComplexPredicate with the specified conjunction operator.

Parameters:

conjunctionOp - a ConjunctionOp that specifies either an ANDing or an ORing of all the Criteria

ComplexPredicate

public ComplexPredicate(ComplexPredicate.ConjunctionOp conjunctionOp,
                        Predicate... predicates)

Constructs a ComplexPredicate with the specified conjunction operator and a list of Predicates as its children.

Parameters:

conjunctionOp - a ConjunctionOp that specifies either an ANDing or an ORing of all the Criteria

Method Detail

getConjunctionOperator

public ComplexPredicate.ConjunctionOp getConjunctionOperator()

Gets the conjunction operator used by the ComplexPredicate.

Returns:

One of ConjunctionOp.And and ConjunctionOp.Or

getChildren

public java.util.List<Predicate> getChildren()

Gets a collection of child Predicate objects for this ComplexPredicate.

Returns:

A List of ComplexPredicate objects.

setChildren

public void setChildren(java.util.List<Predicate> children)

Allows setting of the entire List of child Predicate objects.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

A String representation of the ComplexPredicate.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

clonePredicate

public Predicate clonePredicate()

Clones the ComplexPredicate so that consumers of it can directly manipulate the constituents of it.

Overrides:

clonePredicate in class Predicate

Returns:

a clone of itself.