com.mentata.sg8
Class SG8FilterAttribute

java.lang.Object
  com.mentata.l3d.L3DAttribute
      com.mentata.l3d.L3DDnAttribute
          com.mentata.sg8.SG8DnAttribute
              com.mentata.sg8.SG8FilterAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator, L3DGenerated, SG8Attribute

public class SG8FilterAttribute

extends SG8DnAttribute

implements L3DGenerated

A filter valued attribute for use with SG8 objects. This attribute type interprets the values of another attribute in the containing object as arguments for LDAP filters used against a defined target class and attribute. HTML values are translated to SG8 retrieve hyperlinks for matching entries.

Since:

0.7

Author:

Jon Roberts

Field Summary

static int	CONTAINS A contains substring search.
static int	ENDS An ends with substring search.
static int	EQUALS An equality search.
static int	STARTS A starts with substring search.

Fields inherited from interface com.mentata.sg8.SG8Attribute

TEXT_RESOURCES

Constructor Summary

SG8FilterAttribute(String filter, String object, String target)
Constructs an empty OR filter attribute with a named target object and attribute.

SG8FilterAttribute(String filter, String object, String target, int search)
Constructs an empty filter attribute with a named target object and attribute.

SG8FilterAttribute(String filter, String object, String target, int search, char operation)
Constructs an empty filter attribute with a named target object and attribute.

Method Summary

void	generate() Generates values by searching the target attribute for the dn of the containing object.

Methods inherited from class com.mentata.sg8.SG8DnAttribute

getHTMLValues, getHyperlink, getMailTo, getSeparator, getSG8Object, getSG8Target, getUpdateHTML, isAugmenting, isHTMLExceeded, processUpdateHTML, setAugmenting, setHTMLThreshold, setSeparator

Methods inherited from class com.mentata.l3d.L3DDnAttribute

getShortValues, getTargetObject, initialize, isLengthExceeded, same

Methods inherited from class com.mentata.l3d.L3DAttribute

addValue, compare, getAttribute, getBind, getContext, getLabel, getLengthThreshold, getName, getObject, getObject, getPrerequisites, getSize, getThreshold, getValues, isBound, isExceeded, isGenerated, isMultivalue, isRequired, removeValue, setGenerated, setLabel, setLengthThreshold, setPrerequisites, setThreshold, setValues

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Field Detail

EQUALS

public static final int EQUALS

An equality search.

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Constant Field Values

STARTS

public static final int STARTS

A starts with substring search.

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Constant Field Values

ENDS

public static final int ENDS

An ends with substring search.

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Constant Field Values

CONTAINS

public static final int CONTAINS

A contains substring search.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SG8FilterAttribute

public SG8FilterAttribute(String filter,
                          String object,
                          String target)

Constructs an empty OR filter attribute with a named target object and attribute.

Parameters:

filter - the attribute that contains the filter patterns

object - the target SG8 object name

target - the name of the target attribute to filter on

SG8FilterAttribute

public SG8FilterAttribute(String filter,
                          String object,
                          String target,
                          int search)

Constructs an empty filter attribute with a named target object and attribute.

Parameters:

filter - the attribute that contains the filter patterns

object - the target SG8 object name

target - the name of the target attribute to filter on

search - the type of search filter to use

SG8FilterAttribute

public SG8FilterAttribute(String filter,
                          String object,
                          String target,
                          int search,
                          char operation)

Constructs an empty filter attribute with a named target object and attribute.

Parameters:

filter - the attribute that contains the filter patterns

object - the target SG8 object name

target - the name of the target attribute to filter on

search - the type of search filter to use

operation - boolean operator for filter, either '&' or '|'

Method Detail

generate

public void generate()

Generates values by searching the target attribute for the dn of the containing object.

Specified by:

generate in interface L3DGenerated