AbstractPredicateCreator.java

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 * Copyright 2013 uaiHebert Solucoes em Informatica
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package com.uaihebert.uaicriteria.predicate;

import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
import javax.persistence.criteria.Expression;

public class AbstractPredicateCreator {
    protected AbstractPredicateCreator() {
    }

    static Expression<String> createLoweredExpression(final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder, final Expression path) {
        final Expression<String> expressionAsString = (Expression<String>) path;
        return criteriaBuilder.lower(expressionAsString);
    }

    static String createLoweredValue(final Object value) {
        final String valueAsString = (String) value;
        return valueAsString.toLowerCase();
    }
}