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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.criterion;
/**
* Represents an strategy for matching strings using "like".
*
* @author Gavin King
* @see Example#enableLike(MatchMode)
*/
public enum MatchMode {
/**
* Match the entire string to the pattern
*/
EXACT {
public String toMatchString(String pattern) {
return pattern;
}
},
/**
* Match the start of the string to the pattern
*/
START {
public String toMatchString(String pattern) {
return pattern + '%';
}
},
/**
* Match the end of the string to the pattern
*/
END {
public String toMatchString(String pattern) {
return '%' + pattern;
}
},
/**
* Match the pattern anywhere in the string
*/
ANYWHERE {
public String toMatchString(String pattern) {
return '%' + pattern + '%';
}
};
/**
* convert the pattern, by appending/prepending "%"
*/
public abstract String toMatchString(String pattern);
}