com.unboundid.ldap.matchingrules

Class GeneralizedTimeMatchingRule

java.lang.Object

com.unboundid.ldap.matchingrules.MatchingRule

com.unboundid.ldap.matchingrules.GeneralizedTimeMatchingRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

@ThreadSafety(level=COMPLETELY_THREADSAFE)
public final class GeneralizedTimeMatchingRule
extends MatchingRule

This class provides an implementation of a matching rule that performs equality and ordering comparisons against values that should be timestamps in the generalized time syntax. Substring matching is not supported.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	EQUALITY_RULE_NAME The name for the generalizedTimeMatch equality matching rule.
static java.lang.String	EQUALITY_RULE_OID The OID for the generalizedTimeMatch equality matching rule.
static java.lang.String	ORDERING_RULE_NAME The name for the generalizedTimeOrderingMatch ordering matching rule.
static java.lang.String	ORDERING_RULE_OID The OID for the generalizedTimeOrderingMatch ordering matching rule.

Fields inherited from class com.unboundid.ldap.matchingrules.MatchingRule

SUBSTRING_TYPE_SUBANY, SUBSTRING_TYPE_SUBFINAL, SUBSTRING_TYPE_SUBINITIAL

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GeneralizedTimeMatchingRule() Creates a new instance of this generalized time matching rule.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareValues(ASN1OctetString value1, ASN1OctetString value2) Compares the provided values to determine their relative order in a sorted list.
java.lang.String	getEqualityMatchingRuleName() Retrieves the name for this matching rule when used to perform equality matching, if appropriate.
java.lang.String	getEqualityMatchingRuleOID() Retrieves the OID for this matching rule when used to perform equality matching, if appropriate.
static GeneralizedTimeMatchingRule	getInstance() Retrieves a singleton instance of this matching rule.
java.lang.String	getOrderingMatchingRuleName() Retrieves the name for this matching rule when used to perform ordering matching, if appropriate.
java.lang.String	getOrderingMatchingRuleOID() Retrieves the OID for this matching rule when used to perform ordering matching, if appropriate.
java.lang.String	getSubstringMatchingRuleName() Retrieves the name for this matching rule when used to perform substring matching, if appropriate.
java.lang.String	getSubstringMatchingRuleOID() Retrieves the OID for this matching rule when used to perform substring matching, if appropriate.
boolean	matchesAnyValue(ASN1OctetString assertionValue, ASN1OctetString[] attributeValues) Indicates whether the provided assertion value matches any of the provided attribute values.
boolean	matchesSubstring(ASN1OctetString value, ASN1OctetString subInitial, ASN1OctetString[] subAny, ASN1OctetString subFinal) Indicates whether the provided value matches the given substring assertion, according to the constraints of this matching rule.
ASN1OctetString	normalize(ASN1OctetString value) Normalizes the provided value for easier matching.
ASN1OctetString	normalizeSubstring(ASN1OctetString value, byte substringType) Normalizes the provided value for use as part of a substring assertion.
boolean	valuesMatch(ASN1OctetString value1, ASN1OctetString value2) Indicates whether the provided values are equal to each other, according to the constraints of this matching rule.

Methods inherited from class com.unboundid.ldap.matchingrules.MatchingRule

getDefaultEqualityMatchingRule, getDefaultOrderingMatchingRule, getDefaultSubstringMatchingRule, getEqualityMatchingRuleNameOrOID, getOrderingMatchingRuleNameOrOID, getSubstringMatchingRuleNameOrOID, selectEqualityMatchingRule, selectEqualityMatchingRule, selectEqualityMatchingRule, selectMatchingRuleForSyntax, selectOrderingMatchingRule, selectOrderingMatchingRule, selectOrderingMatchingRule, selectSubstringMatchingRule, selectSubstringMatchingRule, selectSubstringMatchingRule

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EQUALITY_RULE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String EQUALITY_RULE_NAME

The name for the generalizedTimeMatch equality matching rule.

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Constant Field Values

EQUALITY_RULE_OID

public static final java.lang.String EQUALITY_RULE_OID

The OID for the generalizedTimeMatch equality matching rule.

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Constant Field Values

ORDERING_RULE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String ORDERING_RULE_NAME

The name for the generalizedTimeOrderingMatch ordering matching rule.

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Constant Field Values

ORDERING_RULE_OID

public static final java.lang.String ORDERING_RULE_OID

The OID for the generalizedTimeOrderingMatch ordering matching rule.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

GeneralizedTimeMatchingRule

public GeneralizedTimeMatchingRule()

Creates a new instance of this generalized time matching rule.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static GeneralizedTimeMatchingRule getInstance()

Retrieves a singleton instance of this matching rule.

Returns:

A singleton instance of this matching rule.

getEqualityMatchingRuleName

public java.lang.String getEqualityMatchingRuleName()

Retrieves the name for this matching rule when used to perform equality matching, if appropriate.

Specified by:

getEqualityMatchingRuleName in class MatchingRule

Returns:

The name for this matching rule when used to perform equality matching, or null if this matching rule is not intended to be used for equality matching.

getEqualityMatchingRuleOID

public java.lang.String getEqualityMatchingRuleOID()

Retrieves the OID for this matching rule when used to perform equality matching, if appropriate.

Specified by:

getEqualityMatchingRuleOID in class MatchingRule

Returns:

The OID for this matching rule when used to perform equality matching, or null if this matching rule is not intended to be used for equality matching.

getOrderingMatchingRuleName

public java.lang.String getOrderingMatchingRuleName()

Retrieves the name for this matching rule when used to perform ordering matching, if appropriate.

Specified by:

getOrderingMatchingRuleName in class MatchingRule

Returns:

The name for this matching rule when used to perform ordering matching, or null if this matching rule is not intended to be used for ordering matching.

getOrderingMatchingRuleOID

public java.lang.String getOrderingMatchingRuleOID()

Retrieves the OID for this matching rule when used to perform ordering matching, if appropriate.

Specified by:

getOrderingMatchingRuleOID in class MatchingRule

Returns:

The OID for this matching rule when used to perform ordering matching, or null if this matching rule is not intended to be used for ordering matching.

getSubstringMatchingRuleName

public java.lang.String getSubstringMatchingRuleName()

Retrieves the name for this matching rule when used to perform substring matching, if appropriate.

Specified by:

getSubstringMatchingRuleName in class MatchingRule

Returns:

The name for this matching rule when used to perform substring matching, or null if this matching rule is not intended to be used for substring matching.

getSubstringMatchingRuleOID

public java.lang.String getSubstringMatchingRuleOID()

Retrieves the OID for this matching rule when used to perform substring matching, if appropriate.

Specified by:

getSubstringMatchingRuleOID in class MatchingRule

Returns:

The OID for this matching rule when used to perform substring matching, or null if this matching rule is not intended to be used for substring matching.

valuesMatch

public boolean valuesMatch(ASN1OctetString value1,
                  ASN1OctetString value2)
                    throws LDAPException

Indicates whether the provided values are equal to each other, according to the constraints of this matching rule.

Specified by:

valuesMatch in class MatchingRule

Parameters:

value1 - The first value for which to make the determination.

value2 - The second value for which to make the determination.

Returns:

true if the provided values are considered equal, or false if not.

Throws:

LDAPException - If a problem occurs while making the determination, or if this matching rule does not support equality matching.

matchesAnyValue

public boolean matchesAnyValue(ASN1OctetString assertionValue,
                      ASN1OctetString[] attributeValues)
                        throws LDAPException

Indicates whether the provided assertion value matches any of the provided attribute values.

Overrides:

matchesAnyValue in class MatchingRule

Parameters:

assertionValue - The assertion value for which to make the determination.

attributeValues - The set of attribute values to compare against the provided assertion value.

Returns:

true if the provided assertion value matches any of the given attribute values, or false if not.

Throws:

LDAPException - If a problem occurs while making the determination, or if this matching rule does not support equality matching.

matchesSubstring

public boolean matchesSubstring(ASN1OctetString value,
                       ASN1OctetString subInitial,
                       ASN1OctetString[] subAny,
                       ASN1OctetString subFinal)
                         throws LDAPException

Indicates whether the provided value matches the given substring assertion, according to the constraints of this matching rule.

Specified by:

matchesSubstring in class MatchingRule

Parameters:

value - The value for which to make the determination.

subInitial - The subInitial portion of the substring assertion, or null if there is no subInitial element.

subAny - The subAny elements of the substring assertion, or null if there are no subAny elements.

subFinal - The subFinal portion of the substring assertion, or null if there is no subFinal element.

Returns:

true if the provided value matches the substring assertion, or false if not.

Throws:

LDAPException - If a problem occurs while making the determination, or if this matching rule does not support substring matching.

compareValues

public int compareValues(ASN1OctetString value1,
                ASN1OctetString value2)
                  throws LDAPException

Compares the provided values to determine their relative order in a sorted list.

Specified by:

compareValues in class MatchingRule

Parameters:

value1 - The first value to compare.

value2 - The second value to compare.

Returns:

A negative value if value1 should come before value2 in a sorted list, a positive value if value1 should come after value2 in a sorted list, or zero if the values are equal or there is no distinction between their orders in a sorted list.

Throws:

LDAPException - If a problem occurs while making the determination, or if this matching rule does not support ordering matching.

normalize

public ASN1OctetString normalize(ASN1OctetString value)
                          throws LDAPException

Normalizes the provided value for easier matching.

Specified by:

normalize in class MatchingRule

Parameters:

value - The value to be normalized.

Returns:

The normalized form of the provided value.

Throws:

LDAPException - If a problem occurs while normalizing the provided value.

normalizeSubstring

public ASN1OctetString normalizeSubstring(ASN1OctetString value,
                                 byte substringType)
                                   throws LDAPException

Normalizes the provided value for use as part of a substring assertion.

Specified by:

normalizeSubstring in class MatchingRule

Parameters:

value - The value to be normalized for use as part of a substring assertion.

substringType - The substring assertion component type for the provided value. It should be one of SUBSTRING_TYPE_SUBINITIAL, SUBSTRING_TYPE_SUBANY, or SUBSTRING_TYPE_SUBFINAL.

Returns:

The normalized form of the provided value.

Throws:

LDAPException - If a problem occurs while normalizing the provided value.