org.tentackle.persist

Class NormText

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 and 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

Modifier and Type	Method and 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