Module jakarta.data

Package jakarta.data.metamodel

Interface TextAttribute<T>

Type Parameters:

T - entity class of the static metamodel.

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<T>, BasicAttribute<T,String>, ComparableAttribute<T,String>, ComparableExpression<T,String>, Expression<T,String>, SortableAttribute<T>, TextExpression<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

TextAttributeRecord

public interface TextAttribute<T>
extends ComparableAttribute<T,String>, TextExpression<T>

Represents an textual entity attribute in the StaticMetamodel.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default Sort<T>	ascIgnoreCase()	Obtain a request for an ascending, case-insensitive Sort based on the entity attribute.
default Sort<T>	descIgnoreCase()	Obtain a request for a descending, case insensitive Sort based on the entity attribute.
static <T> TextAttribute<T>	of(Class<T> entityClass, String name)	Creates a static metamodel TextAttribute representing the entity attribute with the specified name.
default Class<String>	type()	Returns String.class as the entity attribute type for text attributes.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.data.metamodel.Attribute

declaringType, name

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.data.expression.ComparableExpression

between, between, greaterThan, greaterThan, greaterThanEqual, greaterThanEqual, lessThan, lessThan, lessThanEqual, lessThanEqual, notBetween, notBetween

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.data.expression.Expression

equalTo, equalTo, in, in, in, isNull, notEqualTo, notEqualTo, notIn, notIn, notIn, notNull, satisfies

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.data.metamodel.SortableAttribute

asc, desc

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.data.expression.TextExpression

append, append, contains, endsWith, left, length, like, like, like, like, lower, notContains, notEndsWith, notLike, notLike, notLike, notStartsWith, prepend, prepend, right, startsWith, upper

Method Details

ascIgnoreCase

default Sort<T> ascIgnoreCase()

Obtain a request for an ascending, case-insensitive Sort based on the entity attribute.

Returns:

a request for an ascending, case-insensitive sort on the entity attribute.

type

default Class<String> type()

Returns String.class as the entity attribute type for text attributes.

Specified by:

type in interface Attribute<T>

Specified by:

type in interface BasicAttribute<T,String>

Specified by:

type in interface Expression<T,String>

Specified by:

type in interface TextExpression<T>

Returns:

String.class.

Since:

1.1

descIgnoreCase

default Sort<T> descIgnoreCase()

Obtain a request for a descending, case insensitive Sort based on the entity attribute.

Returns:

a request for a descending, case insensitive sort on the entity attribute.

of

static <T> TextAttribute<T> of(Class<T> entityClass,
 String name)

Creates a static metamodel TextAttribute representing the entity attribute with the specified name.

Type Parameters:

T - entity class of the static metamodel.

Parameters:

entityClass - the entity class.

name - the name of the entity attribute.

Returns:

instance of TextAttribute.

Since:

1.1