Package org.alfresco.repo.action.evaluator.compare

Interface PropertyValueComparator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DatePropertyValueComparator, NumericPropertyValueComparator, TextPropertyValueComparator

public interface PropertyValueComparator

Property value comparator interface

Author:

Roy Wetherall

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	compare(Serializable propertyValue, Serializable compareValue, ComparePropertyValueOperation operation)	Compares the value of a property with the compare value, using the operator passed.
void	registerComparator(ComparePropertyValueEvaluator evaluator)	Callback method to register this comparator with the evaluator.

Method Details

registerComparator

void registerComparator(ComparePropertyValueEvaluator evaluator)

Callback method to register this comparator with the evaluator.

Parameters:

evaluator - the compare property value evaluator

compare

boolean compare(Serializable propertyValue,
 Serializable compareValue,
 ComparePropertyValueOperation operation)

Compares the value of a property with the compare value, using the operator passed.

Parameters:

propertyValue - the property value

compareValue - the compare value

operation - the operation used to compare the two values

Returns:

the result of the comparison, true if successful false otherwise