com.ibm.di.server.criteria
Interface SearchCriteriaMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSearchCriteriaMatcher

public interface SearchCriteriaMatcher

An interface defining a contract for matching an Entry's values against a built SearchCriteria.

Note: This class is for internal usage only. Any dependency from the end-user will not be supported. Changes to this class will happen without a warning.

Since:

7.2

Method Summary

boolean	match(Entry entry, SearchCriteria sc) Matches the specified entry against the defined search criteria using the default mechanism.
boolean	match(Entry entry, SearchCriteria sc, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,MatchCustomizer> customize) Matches specified entry against the defined search criteria using the specified customization mechanism.

Method Detail

match

boolean match(Entry entry,
              SearchCriteria sc)

Matches the specified entry against the defined search criteria using the default mechanism.

Parameters:

entry - the actual entry to match

sc - the criteria definition

Returns:

true if the entry matches the defined search criteria

match

boolean match(Entry entry,
              SearchCriteria sc,
              java.util.Map<java.lang.String,MatchCustomizer> customize)

Matches specified entry against the defined search criteria using the specified customization mechanism.

Parameters:

entry - the actual entry to match

sc - the criteria definition

customize - a map containing the name of the attributes for which a customization should be applied. A match-all * can be used to match all attributes.

Returns: