Package it.tidalwave.util.spi

Interface ExtendedFinderSupport<T,F extends Finder<T>>

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Finder<T>, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

FinderWithId<T,F>

All Known Implementing Classes:

FinderWithIdMapSupport, FinderWithIdSupport

public interface ExtendedFinderSupport<T,F extends Finder<T>>
extends Finder<T>

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 interface DateFinder extends ExtendedFinderSupport<SomeClass, DateFinder>
   {
     public DateFinder before (Date date);

     public DateFinder after (Date date);
   }
 

Author:

Fabrizio Giudici

Status: draft API

Nested Class Summary

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

Finder.InMemorySortCriterion<U>, Finder.SortCriterion, Finder.SortDirection

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from interface it.tidalwave.util.Finder

count, firstResult, from, iterator, max, ofType, optionalFirstResult, optionalResult, result, results, stream

Method Detail

from

@Nonnull
F 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<T>

Parameters:

firstResult - the index of the first result to return

Returns:

the Finder

max

@Nonnull
F max(@Nonnegative
      int maxResults)

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

Specified by:

max in interface Finder<T>

Parameters:

maxResults - the max number of results to return

Returns:

the Finder

sort

@Nonnull
F 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<T>

Parameters:

criterion - the sort criterion

Returns:

the Finder

sort

@Nonnull
F 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<T>

Parameters:

criterion - the sort criterion

direction - the sort direction

Returns:

the Finder

withContext

@Nonnull
F withContext(@Nonnull
              java.lang.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<T>

Parameters:

context - the context

Returns:

the Finder