com.sas.iquery
Interface Builder<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompoundFilterBuilder, DataItemBuilder, DisabledTotalsBuilder, RelationalFilterItemBuilder

public interface Builder<T>

Classes that implement the Builder interface provide a common way to instantiate complex Intelligent Query objects.

For example, this code snippet shows how to build a FilterItem in one line, given the DataSelection _relationalDs and the DataItem salesAmountAlias:

    FilterItem fi = IQBuilderFactory.newRelationalFilterBuilder(_relationalDs, salesAmountAlias).equal("33").build();
 

When used with a relational data selection, this filter item would generate a where clause such as WHERE sales = 33.

Since:

9.4

Method Summary

abstract T

build() Build and return and Intelligent Query object, based on parameters supplied to the Builder implementation.

Method Detail

build

@Nonnull
T build()
        throws MetadataException

Build and return and Intelligent Query object, based on parameters supplied to the Builder implementation.

null is never returned from this method. A MetadataException will be thrown in the case where the object could not be constructed.

Returns:

an Intelligent Query object of type T.

Throws:

MetadataException - if the object could not be build