PatternColumnPredicate (Jackcess 5.0.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.util.PatternColumnPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Predicate<Object>
```
public class PatternColumnPredicate
extends Object
implements Predicate<Object>
```
Predicate which tests a column value against a Pattern. The static factory methods can be used to construct the Pattern from various forms of wildcard pattern syntaxes. This class can be used as a value pattern in the various Cursor search methods, e.g. Cursor.findFirstRow(com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.Column,Object).

Author:

James Ahlborn

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PatternColumnPredicate(Pattern pattern)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static PatternColumnPredicate`	`forAccessLike(String pattern)`
`static PatternColumnPredicate`	`forJavaRegex(String pattern)`
`static PatternColumnPredicate`	`forSqlLike(String pattern)`
`static PatternColumnPredicate`	`forSqlLike(String pattern, boolean caseInsensitive)`
`boolean`	`test(Object value)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Predicate
and, negate, or

- Constructor Detail
  - PatternColumnPredicate
```
public PatternColumnPredicate(Pattern pattern)
```
- Method Detail
  - test
```
public boolean test(Object value)
```
    Specified by:
    
    test in interface Predicate<Object>
  - forAccessLike
```
public static PatternColumnPredicate forAccessLike(String pattern)
```
    Returns:
    
    a PatternColumnPredicate which tests values against the given ms access wildcard pattern (always case insensitive)
  - forSqlLike
```
public static PatternColumnPredicate forSqlLike(String pattern)
```
    Returns:
    
    a PatternColumnPredicate which tests values against the given sql like pattern (supports escape char '\')
  - forSqlLike
```
public static PatternColumnPredicate forSqlLike(String pattern,
                                                boolean caseInsensitive)
```
    Returns:
    
    a PatternColumnPredicate which tests values against the given sql like pattern (supports escape char '\'), optionally case insensitive
  - forJavaRegex
```
public static PatternColumnPredicate forJavaRegex(String pattern)
```
    Returns:
    
    a PatternColumnPredicate which tests values against the given java regex pattern