Package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.expression

Interface IFilterExpression

All Superinterfaces:

org.osgi.framework.Filter, IExpression

public interface IFilterExpression
extends IExpression, org.osgi.framework.Filter

An interface that combines the IExpression with the LDAP filter. The string representation is the LDAP filter syntax.

Since:

2.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.expression.IExpression

TYPE_ALL, TYPE_AND, TYPE_ARRAY, TYPE_ASSIGNMENT, TYPE_AT, TYPE_COLLECT, TYPE_CONDITION, TYPE_EQUALS, TYPE_EXISTS, TYPE_FIRST, TYPE_FLATTEN, TYPE_FUNCTION, TYPE_GREATER, TYPE_GREATER_EQUAL, TYPE_INTERSECT, TYPE_LAMBDA, TYPE_LATEST, TYPE_LESS, TYPE_LESS_EQUAL, TYPE_LIMIT, TYPE_LITERAL, TYPE_MATCHES, TYPE_MEMBER, TYPE_NOT, TYPE_NOT_EQUALS, TYPE_OR, TYPE_PARAMETER, TYPE_PIPE, TYPE_SELECT, TYPE_TRAVERSE, TYPE_UNION, TYPE_UNIQUE, TYPE_VARIABLE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	match(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,? extends java.lang.Object> map)	Filter using a Map.
boolean	matchCase(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,? extends java.lang.Object> map)	Filter with case sensitivity using a Map.

Methods inherited from interface org.osgi.framework.Filter

equals, hashCode, match, match, matchCase, matches, toString

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.expression.IExpression

accept, evaluate, getExpressionType, toLDAPString, toString

Method Detail

match

boolean match(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,? extends java.lang.Object> map)

Filter using a Map. This Filter is executed using the specified Map's keys and values. The keys are case insensitively matched with this Filter.

Parameters:

map - The Map whose keys are used in the match.

Returns:

true if the map's keys and values match this filter; false otherwise.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If map contains case variants of the same key name.

matchCase

boolean matchCase(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,? extends java.lang.Object> map)

Filter with case sensitivity using a Map. This Filter is executed using the specified Map's keys and values. The keys are case sensitively matched with this Filter.

Parameters:

map - The Map whose keys are used in the match.

Returns:

true if the map's keys and values match this filter; false otherwise.