public interface IdMethod
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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<I extends BasicItem> |
find(DbControl dc,
ItemQuery<I> query,
String identifier)
Try to find items with this query method.
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String |
getColumnMappingParameterName() |
String |
getMethod()
The name of this method, which should be unique among the methods that
can be used at a given time.
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String |
getTitle()
The display title of the method.
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boolean |
isTrulyUnique()
If the identification method is truly unique or not.
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<I extends BasicItem> |
prepareQuery(DbControl dc,
ItemQuery<I> query)
Initialise a query to be used by this identification method.
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String getMethod()
String getTitle()
boolean isTrulyUnique()
find(DbControl, ItemQuery, String)
method will
never ever return a list with more than one item.String getColumnMappingParameterName()
<I extends BasicItem> ItemQuery<I> prepareQuery(DbControl dc, ItemQuery<I> query)
query
- The query to prepare<I extends BasicItem> List<I> find(DbControl dc, ItemQuery<I> query, String identifier)
query
- The query to use, which should have been prepared
using prepareQuery(DbControl, ItemQuery)
identifier
- The identifier of the itemisTrulyUnique()
return true
the list is guaranteed to have at most one item