net.sf.mmm.util.query.base.argument

Interface AbstractStringArgument

All Superinterfaces:

AbstractArgument<String>, AbstractComparableArgument<String>, Argument<String>, ComparableArgument<String>, StringArgument

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConstantStringArgument, StringPathImpl

public interface AbstractStringArgument
extends AbstractComparableArgument<String>, StringArgument

The abstract base implementation of StringArgument.

Since:

8.0.0

Author:

hohwille

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default Expression	like(String pattern)
default Expression	like(String pattern, char escape)

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.query.base.argument.AbstractArgument

eq, eq, exp, exp, exp, exp, expRight, in, in, isNotNull, isNull, neq, neq, notIn, notIn

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.query.api.argument.Argument

evaluate, getValue, getValuePath, isConstant

Method Detail

like

default Expression like(String pattern)

Specified by:

like in interface StringArgument

Parameters:

pattern - the like value pattern to match. Use percent (%) to match any substring (including empty string) and underscore (_) to match any single character.

Returns:

an Expression for this == true.

like

default Expression like(String pattern,
                        char escape)

Specified by:

like in interface StringArgument

Parameters:

pattern - the like value pattern to match. Use percent (%) to match any substring (including empty string) and underscore (_) to match any single character.

escape - the escape character to escape % and _ (e.g. the backslash '\\').

Returns:

an Expression for this == true.