Module io.ebean.api
Package io.ebean

Interface ExpressionFactory

public interface ExpressionFactory
Expression factory for creating standard expressions.

Creates standard common expressions for using in a Query Where or Having clause.

You will often not use this class directly but instead just add expressions via the methods on ExpressionList such as ExpressionList.gt(String, Object).

The ExpressionList is returned from Query.where(). 


 // Example: fetch orders where status equals new or orderDate > lastWeek.

 Expression newOrLastWeek =
     Expr.or(Expr.eq("status", Order.Status.NEW),
             Expr.gt("orderDate", lastWeek));

 List<Order> list = DB.find(Order.class)
   .where().add(newOrLastWeek)
   .findList();
 ...
See Also:

  • Method Details

    • jsonExists

      Expression jsonExists(String propertyName, String path)
      Path exists - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • jsonNotExists

      Expression jsonNotExists(String propertyName, String path)
      Path does not exist - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • jsonEqualTo

      Expression jsonEqualTo(String propertyName, String path, Object val)
      Equal to - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • jsonNotEqualTo

      Expression jsonNotEqualTo(String propertyName, String path, Object val)
      Not Equal to - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • jsonGreaterThan

      Expression jsonGreaterThan(String propertyName, String path, Object val)
      Greater than - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • jsonGreaterOrEqual

      Expression jsonGreaterOrEqual(String propertyName, String path, Object val)
      Greater than or equal to - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • jsonLessThan

      Expression jsonLessThan(String propertyName, String path, Object val)
      Less than - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • jsonLessOrEqualTo

      Expression jsonLessOrEqualTo(String propertyName, String path, Object val)
      Less than or equal to - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • jsonBetween

      Expression jsonBetween(String propertyName, String path, Object lowerValue, Object upperValue)
      Between - for the given path in a JSON document.

    • arrayContains

      Expression arrayContains(String propertyName, Object... values)
      Array contains all the given values.

      Array support is effectively limited to Postgres at this time.

    • arrayNotContains

      Expression arrayNotContains(String propertyName, Object... values)
      Array does not contain the given values.

      Array support is effectively limited to Postgres at this time.

    • arrayIsEmpty

      Expression arrayIsEmpty(String propertyName)
      Array is empty - for the given array property.

      Array support is effectively limited to Postgres at this time.

    • arrayIsNotEmpty

      Expression arrayIsNotEmpty(String propertyName)
      Array is not empty - for the given array property.

      Array support is effectively limited to Postgres at this time.

    • eq

      Expression eq(String propertyName, Object value)
      Equal To - property equal to the given value.

    • eqOrNull

      Expression eqOrNull(String propertyName, Object value)
      Equal To or Null - property equal to the given value or null.

    • ne

      Expression ne(String propertyName, Object value)
      Not Equal To - property not equal to the given value.

    • ieq

      Expression ieq(String propertyName, String value)
      Case Insensitive Equal To - property equal to the given value (typically using a lower() function to make it case insensitive).

    • ine

      Expression ine(String propertyName, String value)
      Case Insensitive Not Equal To - property not equal to the given value (typically using a lower() function to make it case insensitive).

    • ieqObject

      Expression ieqObject(String propertyName, Object value)
      Case Insensitive Equal To that allows for named parameter use.

    • ineObject

      Expression ineObject(String propertyName, Object value)
      Case Insensitive Not Equal To that allows for named parameter use.

    • inRange

      Expression inRange(String propertyName, Object value1, Object value2)
      In Range - property >= value1 and property < value2.

      Unlike Between inRange is "half open" and usually more useful for use with dates or timestamps.

    • inRangeWith

      Expression inRangeWith(String lowProperty, String highProperty, Object value)
      Value in Range between 2 properties. 
      

    .startDate.inRangeWith(endDate, now)

    // which equates to
    startDate <= now and (endDate > now or endDate is null)

      This is a convenience expression combining a number of simple expressions. The most common use of this could be called "effective dating" where 2 date or timestamp columns represent the date range in which

    • between

      Expression between(String propertyName, Object value1, Object value2)
      Between - property between the two given values.

    • betweenProperties

      Expression betweenProperties(String lowProperty, String highProperty, Object value)
      Between - value between two given properties.

    • gtOrNull

      Expression gtOrNull(String propertyName, Object value)
      Greater Than Or Null - property greater than the given value or null.

      A convenient expression combining GT and Is Null. Most often useful for range expressions where the top range value is nullable.

    • geOrNull

      Expression geOrNull(String propertyName, Object value)
      Greater than or Equal to OR Null (>= or null )

      A convenient expression combining GE and Is Null. Most often useful for range expressions where the top range value is nullable.

    • gt

      Expression gt(String propertyName, Object value)
      Greater Than - property greater than the given value.

    • ge

      Expression ge(String propertyName, Object value)
      Greater Than or Equal to - property greater than or equal to the given value.

    • ltOrNull

      Expression ltOrNull(String propertyName, Object value)
      Less Than or Null - property less than the given value or null.

      A convenient expression combining LT and Is Null. Most often useful for range expressions where the bottom range value is nullable.

    • leOrNull

      Expression leOrNull(String propertyName, Object value)
      Less Than or Equal to OR Null (<= or null )

      A convenient expression combining LE and Is Null. Most often useful for range expressions where the bottom range value is nullable.

    • lt

      Expression lt(String propertyName, Object value)
      Less Than - property less than the given value.

    • le

      Expression le(String propertyName, Object value)
      Less Than or Equal to - property less than or equal to the given value.

    • isNull

      Expression isNull(String propertyName)
      Is Null - property is null.

    • isNotNull

      Expression isNotNull(String propertyName)
      Is Not Null - property is not null.

    • iexampleLike

      ExampleExpression iexampleLike(Object example)
      Case insensitive exampleLike(Object)

    • exampleLike

      ExampleExpression exampleLike(Object example)
      Create the query by Example expression which is case sensitive and using LikeType.RAW (you need to add you own wildcards % and _).

    • exampleLike

      ExampleExpression exampleLike(Object example, boolean caseInsensitive, LikeType likeType)
      Create the query by Example expression specifying more options.

    • like

      Expression like(String propertyName, Object value, boolean caseInsensitive, LikeType likeType)
      Like with support for named parameters.

    • like

      Expression like(String propertyName, String value)
      Like - property like value where the value contains the SQL wild card characters % (percentage) and _ (underscore).

    • ilike

      Expression ilike(String propertyName, String value)
      Case insensitive Like - property like value where the value contains the SQL wild card characters % (percentage) and _ (underscore). Typically uses a lower() function to make the expression case insensitive.

    • startsWith

      Expression startsWith(String propertyName, String value)
      Starts With - property like value%.

    • istartsWith

      Expression istartsWith(String propertyName, String value)
      Case insensitive Starts With - property like value%. Typically uses a lower() function to make the expression case insensitive.

    • endsWith

      Expression endsWith(String propertyName, String value)
      Ends With - property like %value.

    • iendsWith

      Expression iendsWith(String propertyName, String value)
      Case insensitive Ends With - property like %value. Typically uses a lower() function to make the expression case insensitive.

    • contains

      Expression contains(String propertyName, String value)
      Contains - property like %value%.

    • icontains

      Expression icontains(String propertyName, String value)
      Case insensitive Contains - property like %value%. Typically uses a lower() function to make the expression case insensitive.

    • inPairs

      Expression inPairs(Pairs pairs)
      In expression using pairs of value objects.

    • in

      Expression in(String propertyName, Object[] values)
      In - property has a value in the array of values.

    • in

      Expression in(String propertyName, Query<?> subQuery)
      In - using a subQuery.

    • in

      Expression in(String propertyName, Collection<?> values)
      In - property has a value in the collection of values.

    • inOrEmpty

      Expression inOrEmpty(String propertyName, Collection<?> values)
      In where null or empty values means that no predicate is added to the query.

      That is, only add the IN predicate if the values are not null or empty.

      Without this we typically need to code an if block to only add the IN predicate if the collection is not empty like:

      Without inOrEmpty()

      

   query.where() // add some predicates
     .eq("status", Status.NEW);

   if (ids != null && !ids.isEmpty()) {
     query.where().in("customer.id", ids);
   }

   query.findList();

      Using inOrEmpty()

      

   query.where()
     .eq("status", Status.NEW)
     .inOrEmpty("customer.id", ids)
     .findList();

    • notIn

      Expression notIn(String propertyName, Object[] values)
      Not In - property has a value in the array of values.

    • notIn

      Expression notIn(String propertyName, Collection<?> values)
      Not In - property has a value in the collection of values.

    • notIn

      Expression notIn(String propertyName, Query<?> subQuery)
      Not In - using a subQuery.

    • exists

      Expression exists(Query<?> subQuery)
      Exists expression

    • notExists

      Expression notExists(Query<?> subQuery)
      Not exists expression

    • isEmpty

      Expression isEmpty(String propertyName)
      Is empty expression for collection properties.

    • isNotEmpty

      Expression isNotEmpty(String propertyName)
      Is not empty expression for collection properties.

    • idEq

      Expression idEq(Object value)
      Id Equal to - ID property is equal to the value.

    • idIn

      Expression idIn(Object... idValues)
      Id IN a list of Id values.

    • idIn

      Expression idIn(Collection<?> idCollection)
      Id IN a collection of Id values.

    • allEq

      Expression allEq(Map<String,Object> propertyMap)
      All Equal - Map containing property names and their values.

      Expression where all the property names in the map are equal to the corresponding value.

      Parameters:
      propertyMap - a map keyed by property names.

    • bitwiseAny

      Expression bitwiseAny(String propertyName, long flags)
      Add expression for ANY of the given bit flags to be set.
      Parameters:
      propertyName - The property that holds the flags value
      flags - The flags we are looking for

    • bitwiseAll

      Expression bitwiseAll(String propertyName, long flags)
      Add expression for ALL of the given bit flags to be set.
      Parameters:
      propertyName - The property that holds the flags value
      flags - The flags we are looking for

    • bitwiseAnd

      Expression bitwiseAnd(String propertyName, long flags, long match)
      Add bitwise AND expression of the given bit flags to compare with the match/mask.
      Parameters:
      propertyName - The property that holds the flags value
      flags - The flags we are looking for

    • raw

      Expression raw(String raw, Object value)
      Add raw expression with a single parameter.

      The raw expression should contain a single ? at the location of the parameter.

    • raw

      Expression raw(String raw, Object[] values)
      Add raw expression with an array of parameters.

      The raw expression should contain the same number of ? as there are parameters.

    • raw

      Expression raw(String raw)
      Add raw expression with no parameters.

    • textMatch

      Expression textMatch(String propertyName, String search, Match options)
      Create a Text Match expression (currently doc store/Elastic only).

    • textMultiMatch

      Expression textMultiMatch(String query, MultiMatch options)
      Create a Text Multi match expression (currently doc store/Elastic only).

    • textSimple

      Expression textSimple(String search, TextSimple options)
      Create a text simple query expression (currently doc store/Elastic only).

    • textQueryString

      Expression textQueryString(String search, TextQueryString options)
      Create a text query string expression (currently doc store/Elastic only).

    • textCommonTerms

      Expression textCommonTerms(String search, TextCommonTerms options)
      Create a text common terms expression (currently doc store/Elastic only).

    • and

      Expression and(Expression expOne, Expression expTwo)
      And - join two expressions with a logical and.

    • or

      Expression or(Expression expOne, Expression expTwo)
      Or - join two expressions with a logical or.

    • not

      Expression not(Expression exp)
      Negate the expression (prefix it with NOT).

    • conjunction

      <T> Junction<T> conjunction(Query<T> query)
      Return a list of expressions that will be joined by AND's.

    • disjunction

      <T> Junction<T> disjunction(Query<T> query)
      Return a list of expressions that will be joined by OR's.

    • conjunction

      <T> Junction<T> conjunction(Query<T> query, ExpressionList<T> parent)
      Return a list of expressions that will be joined by AND's.

    • disjunction

      <T> Junction<T> disjunction(Query<T> query, ExpressionList<T> parent)
      Return a list of expressions that will be joined by OR's.

    • junction

      <T> Junction<T> junction(Junction.Type type, Query<T> query, ExpressionList<T> parent)
      Return a Text query junction for MUST, SHOULD or MUST NOT.

      This is doc store Elastic only.

    • where

      <T> void where(ExpressionList<T> where, String expressions, Object[] params)
      Add the expressions to the given expression list.
      Parameters:
      where - The expression list to add the expressions to
      expressions - The expressions that are parsed
      params - Bind parameters to match ? or ?1 bind positions.