5.3.2. The @Factory Filter


Use the following factory pattern if the filter creation requires further steps, or if the filter does not have a no-arg constructor:

Example 5.11. Creating a filter using the factory pattern

@FullTextFilterDef(name = "bestDriver", impl = BestDriversFilterFactory.class)
public class Driver { ... }

public class BestDriversFilterFactory {

    @Factory
    public Filter getFilter() {
        //some additional steps to cache the filter results per IndexReader
        Filter bestDriversFilter = new BestDriversFilter();
        return new CachingWrapperFilter(bestDriversFilter);
    }
}
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The Lucene-based Query API uses a @Factory annotated method to build the filter instance. The factory must have a no argument constructor.
Named filters come in handy where parameters have to be passed to the filter. For example a security filter might want to know which security level you want to apply:

Example 5.12. Passing parameters to a defined filter

cacheQuery = Search.getSearchManager(cache).getQuery(query, Driver.class);
cacheQuery.enableFullTextFilter("security").setParameter( "level", 5 );
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Each parameter name should have an associated setter on either the filter or filter factory of the targeted named filter definition.

Example 5.13. Using parameters in the actual filter implementation

public class SecurityFilterFactory {
    private Integer level;

    /**
     * injected parameter
     */
    public void setLevel(Integer level) {
        this.level = level;
    }

    @Key 
    public FilterKey getKey() {
        StandardFilterKey key = new StandardFilterKey();
        key.addParameter( level );
        return key;
    }

    @Factory
    public Filter getFilter() {
        Query query = new TermQuery( new Term("level", level.toString() ) );
        return new CachingWrapperFilter( new QueryWrapperFilter(query) );
    }
}
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Note the method annotated @Key returns a FilterKey object. The returned object has a special contract: the key object must implement equals() / hashCode() so that two keys are equal if and only if the given Filter types are the same and the set of parameters are the same. In other words, two filter keys are equal if and only if the filters from which the keys are generated can be interchanged. The key object is used as a key in the cache mechanism.
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