net.sf.mmm.util.query.base.expression

Class Expressions

java.lang.Object

net.sf.mmm.util.query.base.expression.Expressions

public class Expressions
extends Object

Gives static access to create Expressions and Arguments.

Since:

8.0.0

Author:

hohwille

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	Expressions() The constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Expression	and(Expression... expressions)
static Expression	combine(Conjunction conjunction, Expression... expressions)
static Expression	or(Expression... expressions)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Expressions

private Expressions()

The constructor.

Method Detail

or

public static Expression or(Expression... expressions)

Parameters:

expressions - the Expressions to combine(Conjunction, Expression...) using Conjunction.OR.

Returns:

an Expression that evaluates to true if any of the given Expressions does.

and

public static Expression and(Expression... expressions)

Parameters:

expressions - the Expressions to combine(Conjunction, Expression...) using Conjunction.AND.

Returns:

an Expression that evaluates to true if all of the given Expressions do.

combine

public static Expression combine(Conjunction conjunction,
                                 Expression... expressions)

Parameters:

conjunction - the Conjunction used to combine the given Expressions.

expressions - the Expressions to combine using the given Conjunction.

Returns:

an Expression that combines the given Expressions with the given Conjunction.

See Also:

Conjunction.eval(boolean...)