it.tidalwave.util.spi

Interface ExtendedFinderSupport<TYPE,EXTENDED_FINDER extends Finder<TYPE>>

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Finder<TYPE>, Serializable

public interface ExtendedFinderSupport<TYPE,EXTENDED_FINDER extends Finder<TYPE>>
extends Finder<TYPE>

A utility interface for creating extended Finders, it provides automatic covariant return types. MAke your extended Finder interface to extend from this. For instance, a custom Date finder can be declared as:

 public class DateFinder extends ExtendedFinderSupport
   {
     public DateFinder before (Date date);

     public DateFinder after (Date date);
   }
 

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Fabrizio Giudici

Status: draft API

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface it.tidalwave.util.Finder

Finder.FilterSortCriterion<TYPE>, Finder.SortCriterion, Finder.SortDirection

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
EXTENDED_FINDER	from(int firstResult) Tells the Finder that only a subset of found items will be returned, starting from the given position.
EXTENDED_FINDER	max(int maxResults) Tells the Finder that only a maximum number of found items will be returned.
EXTENDED_FINDER	sort(Finder.SortCriterion criterion) Tells the Finder that results will be sorted according to the given criterion, in ascending direction.
EXTENDED_FINDER	sort(Finder.SortCriterion criterion, Finder.SortDirection direction) Tells the Finder that results will be sorted according to the given criterion and direction.
EXTENDED_FINDER	withContext(Object context) Tells the Finder that results should be created with the given context.

Methods inherited from interface it.tidalwave.util.Finder

count, firstResult, ofType, result, results

Method Detail

from

@Nonnull
EXTENDED_FINDER from(@Nonnegative
                              int firstResult)

Tells the Finder that only a subset of found items will be returned, starting from the given position.

Specified by:

from in interface Finder<TYPE>

Parameters:

firstResult - the index of the first result to return

Returns:

the Finder

max

@Nonnull
EXTENDED_FINDER max(@Nonnegative
                             int maxResults)

Tells the Finder that only a maximum number of found items will be returned.

Specified by:

max in interface Finder<TYPE>

Parameters:

maxResults - the max number of results to return

Returns:

the Finder

withContext

@Nonnull
EXTENDED_FINDER withContext(@Nonnull
                                     Object context)

Tells the Finder that results should be created with the given context. This method can be called multiple times; contexts are accumulated.

Specified by:

withContext in interface Finder<TYPE>

Parameters:

context - the context

Returns:

the Finder

sort

@Nonnull
EXTENDED_FINDER sort(@Nonnull
                              Finder.SortCriterion criterion)

Tells the Finder that results will be sorted according to the given criterion, in ascending direction.

Specified by:

sort in interface Finder<TYPE>

Parameters:

criterion - the sort criterion

Returns:

the Finder

sort

@Nonnull
EXTENDED_FINDER sort(@Nonnull
                              Finder.SortCriterion criterion,
                              @Nonnull
                              Finder.SortDirection direction)

Tells the Finder that results will be sorted according to the given criterion and direction.

Specified by:

sort in interface Finder<TYPE>

Parameters:

criterion - the sort criterion

direction - the sort direction

Returns:

the Finder