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Interface ProgramSearcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSearcher, ActorSearcher, BooleanSearcher, RegexSearcher

public interface ProgramSearcher

A searcher that searches for a programs.

Author:

Til Schneider, www.murfman.de

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	matches(Program prog, ProgramFieldType[] typeArr) Checks whether a field of a program matches to the criteria of this searcher.
Program[]	search(ProgramFieldType[] fieldArr, Date startDate, int nrDays, Channel[] channels, boolean sortByStartTime) Searches the TV data base for programs that match the criteria of this searcher.
Program[]	search(ProgramFieldType[] fieldArr, Date startDate, int nrDays, Channel[] channels, boolean sortByStartTime, ProgressMonitor progress) Searches the TV data base for programs that match the criteria of this searcher.
Program[]	search(ProgramFieldType[] fieldArr, Date startDate, int nrDays, Channel[] channels, boolean sortByStartTime, ProgressMonitor progress, DefaultListModel listModel) Searches the TV data base for programs that match the criteria of this searcher.

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(Program prog,
              ProgramFieldType[] typeArr)

Checks whether a field of a program matches to the criteria of this searcher.

Parameters:

prog - The program to check.

typeArr - The fields to check.

Returns:

Whether at least one field of the program matches.

search

Program[] search(ProgramFieldType[] fieldArr,
               Date startDate,
               int nrDays,
               Channel[] channels,
               boolean sortByStartTime)

Searches the TV data base for programs that match the criteria of this searcher.

Parameters:

fieldArr - The fields to search in

startDate - The date to start the search.

nrDays - The number of days to include after the start date. If negative the days before the start date are used.

channels - The channels to search in.

sortByStartTime - Should the results be sorted by the start time? If not, the results will be grouped by date and channel and the search will be faster.

Returns:

The matching programs.

search

Program[] search(ProgramFieldType[] fieldArr,
               Date startDate,
               int nrDays,
               Channel[] channels,
               boolean sortByStartTime,
               ProgressMonitor progress)

Searches the TV data base for programs that match the criteria of this searcher.

Parameters:

fieldArr - The fields to search in

startDate - The date to start the search.

nrDays - The number of days to include after the start date. If negative the days before the start date are used.

channels - The channels to search in.

sortByStartTime - Should the results be sorted by the start time? If not, the results will be grouped by date and channel and the search will be faster.

progress - progressMonitor for showing the search progress

Returns:

The matching programs.

search

Program[] search(ProgramFieldType[] fieldArr,
               Date startDate,
               int nrDays,
               Channel[] channels,
               boolean sortByStartTime,
               ProgressMonitor progress,
               DefaultListModel listModel)

Searches the TV data base for programs that match the criteria of this searcher.

Parameters:

fieldArr - The fields to search in

startDate - The date to start the search.

nrDays - The number of days to include after the start date. If negative the days before the start date are used.

channels - The channels to search in.

sortByStartTime - Should the results be sorted by the start time? If not, the results will be grouped by date and channel and the search will be faster.

progress - progressMonitor for showing the search progress

listModel - The list model the found programs should be stored in.

Returns:

The matching programs.

Since:

2.7