org.deegree.filter
Interface Operator

All Known Implementing Classes:

And, BBOX, Beyond, BinaryComparisonOperator, ComparisonOperator, Contains, Crosses, Disjoint, DWithin, Equals, Intersects, LogicalOperator, Not, Or, Overlaps, PropertyIsBetween, PropertyIsEqualTo, PropertyIsGreaterThan, PropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo, PropertyIsLessThan, PropertyIsLessThanOrEqualTo, PropertyIsLike, PropertyIsNotEqualTo, PropertyIsNull, SpatialOperator, Touches, Within

public interface Operator

Operator instances are predicates and the building blocks of OperatorFilters. They may be nested recursively -- an argument of an Operator can be another Operator so they form a tree structure that can be evaluated by traversing it.

Version:

$Revision:$, $Date:$

Author:

Markus Schneider , last edited by: $Author:$

Nested Class Summary

static class

Operator.Type Convenience enum type for discriminating the different operator types.

Method Summary

boolean	evaluate(MatchableObject object) Determines the value of the boolean operator.
Operator.Type	getType() Returns the type of operator.
String	toString(String indent)

Method Detail

getType

Operator.Type getType()

Returns the type of operator. Use this to safely determine the subtype of Operator.

Returns:

type of operator

evaluate

boolean evaluate(MatchableObject object)
                 throws FilterEvaluationException

Determines the value of the boolean operator.

Parameters:

object - MatchableObject to evaluate the operator against

Returns:

true, if the operator evaluates to true, false otherwise

Throws:

FilterEvaluationException - if the evaluation fails

toString

String toString(String indent)