org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.structs
Class QueryCriteria

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.structs.QueryCriteria

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanQueryCriteria, FreeTextQueryCriteria, RangeQueryCriteria, TermQueryCriteria

public abstract class QueryCriteria
extends Object
implements Cloneable

Version:

$Revision: 11462 $

This is an abstract base class for a number of different criteria searches such as term search, range search and free text search. Subclasses are added to Query instances in order to search the Catalog.

Known Subclasses:
• FreeTextQueryCriteria
• RangeQueryCriteria
• TermQueryCriteria

Author:

woollard, bfoster

Constructor Summary

QueryCriteria()

Method Summary

abstract String	getElementName() Abstract accessor method for the Element name to search on.
abstract void	setElementName(String elementName) Abstract mutator method for the Elment name to search on.
abstract String	toString() Abstract method for converting the QueryCriteria to a human-parsable String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

QueryCriteria

public QueryCriteria()

Method Detail

getElementName

public abstract String getElementName()

Abstract accessor method for the Element name to search on.

Returns:

The ElementName in the form of a String.

setElementName

public abstract void setElementName(String elementName)

Abstract mutator method for the Elment name to search on.

Parameters:

Element - Name

toString

public abstract String toString()

Abstract method for converting the QueryCriteria to a human-parsable String.

Overrides:

toString in class Object