Package org.refcodes.criteria

Class AbstractCriteriaNode

java.lang.Object

org.refcodes.criteria.AbstractCriteria

org.refcodes.criteria.AbstractCriteriaNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

Criteria, CriteriaNode, org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor

public abstract class AbstractCriteriaNode
extends AbstractCriteria
implements CriteriaNode

Base class with the base CriteriaNode functionality provided for CriteriaNode implementations.

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractCriteriaNode(String aName)	Constructs a CriteriaNode with the given name.
AbstractCriteriaNode(String aName, Criteria... aChildren)	Constructs a CriteriaNode with the given name and the provided Criteria children.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	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 class org.refcodes.criteria.AbstractCriteria

getName

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.NameAccessor

getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractCriteriaNode

public AbstractCriteriaNode(String aName)

Constructs a CriteriaNode with the given name.

Parameters:

aName - The name of the CriteriaNode.

AbstractCriteriaNode

public AbstractCriteriaNode(String aName,
                            Criteria... aChildren)

Constructs a CriteriaNode with the given name and the provided Criteria children.

Parameters:

aName - The name of the CriteriaNode.

aChildren - The Criteria children to be contained in the CriteriaNode.

Method Detail

addChild

public 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.

Specified by:

addChild in interface CriteriaNode

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.

getChildren

public List<Criteria> getChildren()

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

Specified by:

getChildren in interface CriteriaNode

Returns:

The Criteria instances contained in the CriteriaNode.