org.refcodes.criteria

Interface CriteriaNode

All Superinterfaces:

Criteria, org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor

All Known Subinterfaces:

AndCriteria, IntersectWithCriteria, NotCriteria, OrCriteria, SingleCriteriaNode

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCriteriaNode, AbstractSingleCriteriaNode

public interface CriteriaNode
extends Criteria

A CriteriaNode tree node may represent a logical AND or a logical OR or a logical NOT applied on the node's children Criteria (CriteriaNode instances and CriteriaLeaf instances).

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

steiner

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor

org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor.NameBuilder<B extends org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor.NameBuilder<B>>, org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor.NameMutator, org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor.NameProperty

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addChild(Criteria aChild) Adds a child Criteria to the CriteriaNode.
List<Criteria>	getChildren() Returns the list of child Criteria instances contained in the CriteriaNode.

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor

getName

Method Detail

getChildren

List<Criteria> getChildren()

Returns the list of child Criteria instances contained in the CriteriaNode.

Returns:

The Criteria instances contained in the CriteriaNode.

addChild

void addChild(Criteria aChild)
       throws IllegalStateException,
              IllegalArgumentException

Adds a child Criteria to the CriteriaNode. In case a specialized CriteriaNode applies constraints on the number or type of Criteria which may be added, an according exception may be thrown. For example the SingleCriteriaNode applies constraints on this method.

Parameters:

aChild - The child Criteria to be added.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - In case constraints in terms of state are violated, implementation depended.

IllegalArgumentException - In case constraints in terms of argument are violated, implementation depended.