Package com.yahoo.search.query.profile.types

Class FieldDescription

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.search.query.profile.types.FieldDescription

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<FieldDescription>

public class FieldDescription
extends Object
implements Comparable<FieldDescription>

A field description of a query profile type. Immutable. Field descriptions can be sorted by name.

Author:

bratseth

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FieldDescription(com.yahoo.processing.request.CompoundName name, FieldType type, String aliases, boolean mandatory, boolean overridable)	Creates a field description from a list where the aliases are represented as a comma-separated string
FieldDescription(com.yahoo.processing.request.CompoundName name, FieldType type, List<String> aliases, boolean mandatory, boolean overridable)	Creates a field description
FieldDescription(String name, FieldType type)
FieldDescription(String name, FieldType type, boolean mandatory)
FieldDescription(String name, FieldType type, boolean mandatory, boolean overridable)
FieldDescription(String name, FieldType type, String aliases)
FieldDescription(String name, FieldType type, String aliases, boolean mandatory, boolean overridable)
FieldDescription(String name, String type)
FieldDescription(String name, String type, String aliases)
FieldDescription(String name, String typeString, String aliases, boolean mandatory, boolean overridable)	Creates a field description

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compareTo(FieldDescription other)
List<String>	getAliases()	Returns a unmodifiable list of the aliases of this.
com.yahoo.processing.request.CompoundName	getCompoundName()	Returns the full name of this as a compound name
String	getName()	Returns the full name of this as a string
FieldType	getType()
boolean	isMandatory()	Returns whether this field must be provided in the query profile or the search definition.
boolean	isOverridable()	Returns false if overrides to values for this field from the outside should be ignored.
String	toString()
FieldDescription	withName(com.yahoo.processing.request.CompoundName name)	Returns a copy of this with the name set to the argument name
FieldDescription	withType(FieldType type)	Returns a copy of this with the type set to the argument type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
 FieldType type)

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
 String type)

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
 FieldType type,
 boolean mandatory)

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
 String type,
 String aliases)

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
 FieldType type,
 String aliases)

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
 String typeString,
 String aliases,
 boolean mandatory,
 boolean overridable)

Creates a field description

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

typeString - the type of the field represented as a string - see FieldType

aliases - a space-separated list of alias names of this field name. Aliases are not following dotted (meaning they are global, not that they cannot contain dots) and are case insensitive. Null is permissible if there are no aliases

mandatory - whether it is mandatory to provide a value for this field. default: false

overridable - whether this can be overridden when first set in a profile. Default: true

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
 FieldType type,
 boolean mandatory,
 boolean overridable)

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
 FieldType type,
 String aliases,
 boolean mandatory,
 boolean overridable)

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(com.yahoo.processing.request.CompoundName name,
 FieldType type,
 String aliases,
 boolean mandatory,
 boolean overridable)

Creates a field description from a list where the aliases are represented as a comma-separated string

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(com.yahoo.processing.request.CompoundName name,
 FieldType type,
 List<String> aliases,
 boolean mandatory,
 boolean overridable)

Creates a field description

Parameters:

name - the name of the field, empty means it describes the value held by the query profile itself

type - the type of the field represented as a string - see FieldType

aliases - a list of aliases, never null. Aliases are not following dotted (meaning they are global, not that they cannot contain dots) and are case insensitive.

mandatory - whether it is mandatory to provide a value for this field. default: false

overridable - whether this can be overridden when first set in a profile. Default: true

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Returns the full name of this as a string

getCompoundName

public com.yahoo.processing.request.CompoundName getCompoundName()

Returns the full name of this as a compound name

getType

public FieldType getType()

getAliases

public List<String> getAliases()

Returns a unmodifiable list of the aliases of this. An empty list (never null) if there are none.

isMandatory

public boolean isMandatory()

Returns whether this field must be provided in the query profile or the search definition. Default: false

isOverridable

public boolean isOverridable()

Returns false if overrides to values for this field from the outside should be ignored. Default: true

compareTo

public int compareTo(FieldDescription other)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<FieldDescription>

withName

public FieldDescription withName(com.yahoo.processing.request.CompoundName name)

Returns a copy of this with the name set to the argument name

withType

public FieldDescription withType(FieldType type)

Returns a copy of this with the type set to the argument type

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object