org.hrorm

Class Operator

java.lang.Object

org.hrorm.Operator

public class Operator
extends Object

The Operator type supports the generation of SQL statements that specify the various comparisons allows in SQL where clauses.

The SQL operators "is" and "is not" have no instances in this class. However, the Where type supports isNull() and isNotNull() methods.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Operator	EQUALS An instance that represents the equality ('=') operator.
static Operator	GREATER_THAN An instance that represents the greater than ('>') operator.
static Operator	GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUALS An instance that represents the greater than or equals ('>=') operator.
static Operator	LESS_THAN An instance that represents the less than ('<') operator.
static Operator	LESS_THAN_OR_EQUALS An instance that represents the less than or equals ('<=') operator.
static Operator	LIKE An instance that represents the 'LIKE' operator to be used for string fields.
static Operator	NOT_EQUALS An instance that represents the inequality ('<>') operator.
static Operator	NOT_LIKE An instance that represents the 'NOT LIKE' operator to be used for string fields.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getSqlString() Returns the text to be inserted in the SQL statement being built.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EQUALS

public static final Operator EQUALS

An instance that represents the equality ('=') operator.

NOT_EQUALS

public static final Operator NOT_EQUALS

An instance that represents the inequality ('<>') operator.

LIKE

public static final Operator LIKE

An instance that represents the 'LIKE' operator to be used for string fields. The ampersand character is a wildcard in SQL, matching zero or more of any characters.

NOT_LIKE

public static final Operator NOT_LIKE

An instance that represents the 'NOT LIKE' operator to be used for string fields. The ampersand character is a wildcard in SQL, matching zero or more of any characters.

LESS_THAN

public static final Operator LESS_THAN

An instance that represents the less than ('<') operator.

LESS_THAN_OR_EQUALS

public static final Operator LESS_THAN_OR_EQUALS

An instance that represents the less than or equals ('<=') operator.

GREATER_THAN

public static final Operator GREATER_THAN

An instance that represents the greater than ('>') operator.

GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUALS

public static final Operator GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUALS

An instance that represents the greater than or equals ('>=') operator.

Method Detail

getSqlString

public String getSqlString()

Returns the text to be inserted in the SQL statement being built.

Returns:

The text to insert into the SQL.