org.springframework.ldap.support.filter
Class NotFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.AbstractFilter
      org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.NotFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter

public class NotFilter

extends AbstractFilter

A filter for 'not'. The following code:

 Filter filter = new NotFilter(new EqualsFilter("cn", "foo");
 System.out.println(filter.ecode());
 

would result in:

(!(cn=foo))

Author:

Adam Skogman

Constructor Summary

NotFilter(Filter filter)
Create a filter that negates the outcome of the given filter.

Method Summary

java.lang.StringBuffer	encode(java.lang.StringBuffer buff) Prints the query with LDAP encoding to a stringbuffer
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares key and value before encoding
int	hashCode() hash attribute and value

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ldap.support.filter.AbstractFilter

encode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NotFilter

public NotFilter(Filter filter)

Create a filter that negates the outcome of the given filter.

Parameters:

filter - The filter that should be negated.

Method Detail

encode

public java.lang.StringBuffer encode(java.lang.StringBuffer buff)

Description copied from class: AbstractFilter

Prints the query with LDAP encoding to a stringbuffer

Specified by:

encode in interface Filter

Specified by:

encode in class AbstractFilter

Parameters:

buff - The stringbuffer

Returns:

The very same stringbuffer

See Also:

Filter.encode(java.lang.StringBuffer)

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Compares key and value before encoding

See Also:

Filter.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

hash attribute and value

See Also:

Filter.hashCode()