DummyObjectTextProperty.java

// BlogBridge -- RSS feed reader, manager, and web based service
// Copyright (C) 2002-2006 by R. Pito Salas
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// $Id: DummyObjectTextProperty.java,v 1.7 2007/02/20 15:15:55 spyromus Exp $
//

package com.salas.bb.domain.query;

import com.salas.bb.domain.query.general.StringEqualsCO;

/**
 * Dummy property which is representing <code>toString()</code>.
 */
public class DummyObjectTextProperty extends AbstractProperty
{
    /**
     * Creates propery with given descriptor, type, default value and list of supported
     * comparison operations.
     */
    public DummyObjectTextProperty()
    {
        super("text", "text", PropertyType.BOOLEAN, "A", new IComparisonOperation[]
            { StringEqualsCO.INSTANCE });
    }

    /**
     * Compares the corresponding property of the target object to the value using specific
     * comparison operation.
     *
     * @param target    target object.
     * @param operation comparison operation, supported by this property.
     * @param value     value to compare against.
     *
     * @return TRUE if the object matches the criteria.
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException     if target, operation or value are NULL's.
     * @throws ClassCastException       if target is not supported.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if operation is not supported.
     */
    public boolean match(Object target, IComparisonOperation operation, String value)
    {
        return operation.match((target.toString()), value);
    }
}