Package org.springframework.ldap.filter

Class LikeFilter

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.ldap.filter.AbstractFilter

org.springframework.ldap.filter.CompareFilter

org.springframework.ldap.filter.EqualsFilter

org.springframework.ldap.filter.LikeFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter

public class LikeFilter
extends EqualsFilter

This filter allows the user to specify wildcards (*) by not escaping them in the filter. The following code:

 LikeFilter filter = new LikeFilter("cn", "foo*");
 System.out.println(filter.ecode());
 

would result in:

  (cn=foo*)
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LikeFilter(String attribute, String value)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected String	encodeValue(String value)	Override to perform special encoding in subclass.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.filter.EqualsFilter

getCompareString

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.filter.CompareFilter

encode, equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.filter.AbstractFilter

encode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

LikeFilter

public LikeFilter(String attribute,
 String value)

Method Details

encodeValue

protected String encodeValue(String value)

Description copied from class: CompareFilter

Override to perform special encoding in subclass.

Overrides:

encodeValue in class CompareFilter

Parameters:

value - the value to encode.

Returns:

properly escaped value.