NormText (Tentackle Persistence 11.7.4.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.tentackle.persist.NormText

```
public class NormText
extends Object
```
A helper class to create a normtext like string from a user's input.
It is intended to search in normtext columns of PDOs with LIKE or NOT LIKE.

Author:

harald

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`NormText(String str)`	Creates a normtext from a search string. This is usually a user input. The input will be normalized via `StringHelper.normalize(java.lang.String)`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getPattern()`	Gets the search pattern ready to be used in a LIKE expression.
`boolean`	`isInverted()`	Returns whether the pattern should be interpreted as "NOT LIKE".
`boolean`	`isMatchingAll()`	Returns whether the pattern matches all.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - NormText
```
public NormText(String str)
```
    Creates a normtext from a search string.
    This is usually a user input.
    The input will be normalized via StringHelper.normalize(java.lang.String). If the string starts with a "!" or "-" it will be treated as "NOT LIKE".
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - the search string
- Method Detail
  - getPattern
```
public String getPattern()
```
    Gets the search pattern ready to be used in a LIKE expression.
    
    Returns:
    
    the pattern, null if isMatchingAll(), never empty
  - isMatchingAll
```
public boolean isMatchingAll()
```
    Returns whether the pattern matches all.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if all
  - isInverted
```
public boolean isInverted()
```
    Returns whether the pattern should be interpreted as "NOT LIKE".
    
    Returns:
    
    true if NOT LIKE, else LIKE