Clause (Jaybird API)

java.lang.Object
- org.firebirdsql.jdbc.metadata.Clause

```
@InternalApi
public final class Clause
extends java.lang.Object
```
Condition clause for constructing metadata query conditions.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Mark Rotteveel

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Clause(java.lang.String columnName, java.lang.String pattern)
Creates a metadata conditional clause.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static boolean`	`anyCondition(Clause... clauses)`
`static boolean`	`anyCondition(Clause clause1, Clause clause2)`
`java.lang.String`	`getCondition()`
`java.lang.String`	`getCondition(boolean includeAnd)`
`java.lang.String`	`getCondition(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String suffix)`	Condition rendered with prefix and suffix.
`java.lang.String`	`getValue()`
`boolean`	`hasCondition()`
`static java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`parameters(Clause clause1)`
`static java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`parameters(Clause... clauses)`
`static java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`parameters(Clause clause1, Clause clause2)`

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

Constructor Detail
- Clause
```
public Clause(java.lang.String columnName,
              java.lang.String pattern)
```
  Creates a metadata conditional clause.
  
  Parameters:
  
  columnName - Column name or expression resulting in a string value
  
  pattern - Metadata pattern

Method Detail

getCondition
```
public java.lang.String getCondition()
```
Returns:

The condition for this clause suffixed with " and ", or empty string if the condition is empty

getCondition
```
public java.lang.String getCondition(boolean includeAnd)
```
Returns:

The condition for this clause suffixed with " and " when includeAnd is true, or empty string if the condition is empty

getCondition
```
public java.lang.String getCondition(java.lang.String prefix,
                                     java.lang.String suffix)
```
Condition rendered with prefix and suffix.

Parameters:

prefix - Prefix

suffix - Suffix

Returns:

The condition for this clause prefixed with prefix and suffixed with suffix, or empty string if the condition is empty

getValue
```
public java.lang.String getValue()
```

hasCondition
```
public boolean hasCondition()
```

anyCondition

public static boolean anyCondition(Clause clause1,
                                   Clause clause2)

anyCondition

public static boolean anyCondition(Clause... clauses)

parameters

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> parameters(Clause clause1)

parameters

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> parameters(Clause clause1,
                                                          Clause clause2)

parameters

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> parameters(Clause... clauses)