Type Parameters:

T - Type of the object which will be checked by SearchCondition instance

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractComplexCondition, AndSearchCondition, CollectionCheckCondition, OrSearchCondition, PrimitiveSearchCondition, SimpleSearchCondition
```
public interface SearchCondition<T>
```
Can be used to build plain or complex/composite search conditions.
Google Collections Predicate might've been used instead, but it is too generic and its apply method is not quite needed here

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`accept(SearchConditionVisitor<T,?> visitor)`	Provides a visitor which will convert this SearchCondition into a custom expression, for example, into the SQL statement, etc
`List<T>`	`findAll(Collection<T> pojos)`	Returns a list of pojos matching the condition
`T`	`getCondition()`	Some SearchConditions may use instance of T to capture the actual search criteria thus making it simpler to implement isMet(T).
`ConditionType`	`getConditionType()`	Returns the type of the condition this SearchCondition represents
`List<SearchCondition<T>>`	`getSearchConditions()`	List of conditions this SearchCondition may represent.
`PrimitiveStatement`	`getStatement()`	Primitive statement such a > b, i < 5, etc this condition may represent.
`boolean`	`isMet(T pojo)`	Checks if the given pojo instance meets this search condition

- Method Detail
  - isMet
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boolean isMet(T pojo)
```
    Checks if the given pojo instance meets this search condition
    
    Parameters:
    
    pojo - the object which will be checked
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the pojo meets this search condition, false - otherwise
  - findAll
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List<T> findAll(Collection<T> pojos)
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    Returns a list of pojos matching the condition
    
    Parameters:
    
    pojos - list of pojos
    
    Returns:
    
    list of the matching pojos or null if none have been found
  - getCondition
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T getCondition()
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    Some SearchConditions may use instance of T to capture the actual search criteria thus making it simpler to implement isMet(T). In some cases, the code which is given SearchCondition may find it more efficient to directly deal with the captured state for a more efficient lookup of matching data/records as opposed to calling SearchCondition.isMet for every instance of T it knows about.
    
    Returns:
    
    T the captured search criteria, can be null
  - getStatement
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PrimitiveStatement getStatement()
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    Primitive statement such a > b, i < 5, etc this condition may represent. Complex conditions will return null.
    
    Returns:
    
    primitive search statement, can be null
  - getSearchConditions
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List<SearchCondition<T>> getSearchConditions()
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    List of conditions this SearchCondition may represent. Composite SearchConditions will return a list of conditions they are composed from, primitive ones will return null
    
    Returns:
    
    list of conditions, can be null
  - getConditionType
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ConditionType getConditionType()
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    Returns the type of the condition this SearchCondition represents
    
    Returns:
    
    condition type
  - accept
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void accept(SearchConditionVisitor<T,?> visitor)
```
    Provides a visitor which will convert this SearchCondition into a custom expression, for example, into the SQL statement, etc
    
    Parameters:
    
    visitor -

Interface SearchCondition<T>

Method Summary

Method Detail

isMet

findAll

getCondition

getStatement

getSearchConditions

getConditionType

accept