IOperator (Jadex Active Component Platform 4.0.177 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

Operator.Contains, Operator.Equal, Operator.Excludes, Operator.Greater, Operator.GreaterOrEqual, Operator.InstanceOf, Operator.Less, Operator.LessOrEqual, Operator.Matches, Operator.NotEqual, Operator.StartsWith
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public interface IOperator
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Interface for all operators.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static IOperator`	`CONTAINS`	The contains operator.
`static IOperator`	`EQUAL`	The equal operator.
`static IOperator`	`EXCLUDES`	The excludes operator.
`static IOperator`	`GREATER`	The greater operator.
`static IOperator`	`GREATEROREQUAL`	The greater or equal operator.
`static IOperator`	`INSTANCEOF`	The instanceof operator.
`static IOperator`	`LESS`	The less operator.
`static IOperator`	`LESSOREQUAL`	The less or equal operator.
`static IOperator`	`MATCHES`	The matches operator.
`static IOperator`	`NOTEQUAL`	The not equal operator.
`static IOperator`	`STARTSWITH`	The starts with operator.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`evaluate(IOAVState state, java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b)`	Evaluate two objects with respect to the operator semantics.

- Field Detail
  - EQUAL
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static final IOperator EQUAL
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    The equal operator.
  - NOTEQUAL
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static final IOperator NOTEQUAL
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    The not equal operator.
  - LESS
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static final IOperator LESS
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    The less operator.
  - LESSOREQUAL
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static final IOperator LESSOREQUAL
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    The less or equal operator.
  - GREATER
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static final IOperator GREATER
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    The greater operator.
  - GREATEROREQUAL
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static final IOperator GREATEROREQUAL
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    The greater or equal operator.
  - CONTAINS
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static final IOperator CONTAINS
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    The contains operator.
  - EXCLUDES
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static final IOperator EXCLUDES
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    The excludes operator.
  - INSTANCEOF
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static final IOperator INSTANCEOF
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    The instanceof operator.
  - MATCHES
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static final IOperator MATCHES
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    The matches operator.
  - STARTSWITH
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static final IOperator STARTSWITH
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    The starts with operator.
- Method Detail
  - evaluate
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boolean evaluate(IOAVState state,
                 java.lang.Object a,
                 java.lang.Object b)
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    Evaluate two objects with respect to the operator semantics.
    
    Parameters:
    
    state - The state.
    
    a - The first object.
    
    b - The second object.
    
    Returns:
    
    True, if objects fit wrt. the operator semantics.