edu.UCL.satin.impl.arch.attribute
Class GreaterThanFilter

java.lang.Object
  edu.UCL.satin.impl.arch.attribute.GreaterThanFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

MatchFilter

public class GreaterThanFilter

extends java.lang.Object

implements MatchFilter

An attribute comparison filter that returns true if the value of the attribute is greater than that of the filter

Author:

Stefanos Zachariadis

Constructor Summary

GreaterThanFilter()

Method Summary

boolean

compare(MatchAttribute filter, GenericAttribute attr) Compares the value of attr with that of filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GreaterThanFilter

public GreaterThanFilter()

Method Detail

compare

public boolean compare(MatchAttribute filter,
                       GenericAttribute attr)

Description copied from interface: MatchFilter

Compares the value of attr with that of filter. The implementor may assume that this method will only be called if both attributes have the same key.

Specified by:

compare in interface MatchFilter

Parameters:

filter - The filter attribute to which this MatchFilter is attached

attr - The attribute with which we are comparing.

Returns:

Must return true, if the values of the attributes satisfy the implementors semantics. False otherwise