corny.addressbook.searching.Filter
Class MetaFilter

java.lang.Object
  corny.addressbook.searching.Filter.Filter
      corny.addressbook.searching.Filter.MetaFilter

public class MetaFilter
extends Filter

Filter class to combine multiple Filters to a more complex one.

Each Filter represents a comparison. Using the MetaFilter class, multiple comparisons can be combined using the conjunctions AND / OR.

Author:

Corny

Field Summary

static boolean	AND Conjunction
static boolean	OR Disjunction

Constructor Summary

MetaFilter(boolean conjunction, Filter[] children)
Creates a new MetaFilter with the specified conjunction and child Filters.

Method Summary

boolean	appliesToFilter(Contact c) Used by NativeAddressBook to determine whether the Contact matches the search query
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class corny.addressbook.searching.Filter.Filter

createFilter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

AND

public static final boolean AND

Conjunction

See Also:

Constant Field Values

OR

public static final boolean OR

Disjunction

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MetaFilter

public MetaFilter(boolean conjunction,
                  Filter[] children)

Creates a new MetaFilter with the specified conjunction and child Filters.

Parameters:

conjunction - Either MetaFilter.AND or MetaFilter.OR

children - Child filter to be combined using the given conjunction

Method Detail

appliesToFilter

public boolean appliesToFilter(Contact c)

Description copied from class: Filter

Used by NativeAddressBook to determine whether the Contact matches the search query

Specified by:

appliesToFilter in class Filter

Parameters:

c - Contact to compare

Returns:

True, if the Contact matches the search query

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object