netscape.ldap.client
Class JDAPFilter

java.lang.Object
  netscape.ldap.client.JDAPFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:

JDAPFilterAVA, JDAPFilterExtensible, JDAPFilterNot, JDAPFilterPresent, JDAPFilterSet, JDAPFilterSubString

public abstract class JDAPFilter
extends java.lang.Object

This class implements the filter.

   Filter ::= CHOICE {
     and [0] SET OF Filter,
     or [1] SET OF Filter,
     not [2] Filter,
     equalityMatch [3] AttributeValueAssertion,
     substrings [4] SubstringFilter,
     greaterOrEqual [5] AttributeValueAssertion,
     lessOrEqual [6] AttributeValueAssertion,
     present [7] AttributeType,
     approxMatch [8] AttributeValueAssertion
   }
 

Version:

1.0

Constructor Summary

JDAPFilter()
Constructs a empty filter.

Method Summary

abstract BERElement	getBERElement() Gets the ber representation of filter.
static JDAPFilter	getFilter(java.lang.String filter) Constructs filter from filter string specified in RFC1558.
static JDAPFilter	getFilterComp(java.lang.String f) Constructs the filter computation.
static JDAPFilter	getFilterItem(java.lang.String item) Gets filter item.
static JDAPFilter[]	getFilterList(java.lang.String list) Parses a list of filters
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Retrieves the string representation of filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JDAPFilter

public JDAPFilter()

Constructs a empty filter.

Method Detail

getFilter

public static JDAPFilter getFilter(java.lang.String filter)

Constructs filter from filter string specified in RFC1558.

  ::= '('  ')'
  ::=  |  |  | 
  ::= '&' 
  ::= '|' 
  ::= '!' 
  ::=  |  
  ::=  |  | 
  ::=   
  ::=  |  |  | 
  ::= '='
  ::= '~='
  ::= '>='
  ::= '<='
  ::=  '=*'
  ::=  '='   
  ::= NULL | 
  ::= '*' 
  ::= NULL |  '*' 
  ::= NULL | 
 

Parameters:

filter - filter string as specified in RFC1558

Returns:

filter

getFilterComp

public static JDAPFilter getFilterComp(java.lang.String f)

Constructs the filter computation.

Parameters:

f - filter string within brackets

Returns:

filter

getFilterList

public static JDAPFilter[] getFilterList(java.lang.String list)

Parses a list of filters

Parameters:

list - filter list (i.e. (filter)(filter)...)

Returns:

list of filters

getFilterItem

public static JDAPFilter getFilterItem(java.lang.String item)

Gets filter item.

Parameters:

item - filter item string

Returns:

filter

getBERElement

public abstract BERElement getBERElement()

Gets the ber representation of filter.

Returns:

ber representation of filter

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Retrieves the string representation of filter.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation of filter