Criteria (vertigo-datamodel 3.4.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- io.vertigo.datamodel.criteria.Criteria<D>

Type Parameters:

D - the type of dtObject filtered with this criteria

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public abstract class Criteria<D extends DtObject>
extends Object
implements Serializable
```
A criteria to filter a list. A criteria can be translated to an SQL query and a Predicate for Java filtering To create a Criteria use the class Criterions

Author:

mlaroche

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Criteria()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Criteria<D>`	`and(Criteria<D> criteria)`	Return a new criteria composing the previous criteria and the provided one with a and operator.
`Criteria<D>`	`or(Criteria<D> criteria)`	Return a new criteria composing the previous criteria and the provided one with a or operator.
`abstract Predicate<D>`	`toPredicate()`	Translate the criteria to a Java predicate
`String`	`toString()`
`io.vertigo.core.lang.Tuple<String,CriteriaCtx>`	`toStringAnCtx(CriteriaEncoder criteriaEncoder)`	Translate the criteria to a SQL statement

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Criteria
```
public Criteria()
```
- Method Detail
  - and
```
public final Criteria<D> and(Criteria<D> criteria)
```
    Return a new criteria composing the previous criteria and the provided one with a and operator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    criteria - the criteria to add
    
    Returns:
    
    the composed criteria
  - or
```
public final Criteria<D> or(Criteria<D> criteria)
```
    Return a new criteria composing the previous criteria and the provided one with a or operator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    criteria - the criteria to add
    
    Returns:
    
    the composed criteria
  - toPredicate
```
public abstract Predicate<D> toPredicate()
```
    Translate the criteria to a Java predicate
    
    Returns:
    
    the predicate
  - toStringAnCtx
```
public io.vertigo.core.lang.Tuple<String,CriteriaCtx> toStringAnCtx(CriteriaEncoder criteriaEncoder)
```
    Translate the criteria to a SQL statement
    
    Parameters:
    
    sqlDialect - the dialect to use
    
    Returns:
    
    a tuple with the query and the sql params
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object