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NX: find method in urlybird

 
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Hi, I'm confused by what Sun asked me to do:
The user interface must provide exact match search on the City and/or Hotel name. (or all the records if no search information is provided)
The DB interface specifies that the find(String[] criteria) method must provide a starts with search.
(For example, "Fred" matches "Fred" or "Freddy".)
So, my question is : What should I do? or What did you do?
We can't modify the DB interface...
Should I overload the find method in the Data class and have exact search in the new method?
Should I create a class that inherit from the Data class and override the find method? (does not seems like a good idea)
Or simply implement the find method with exact search, ignoring the comment in the DB interface?
Any suggestion would be useful!
 
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Hi Yanick,


1. Should I overload the find method in the Data class and have exact search in the new method?
2. Should I create a class that inherit from the Data class and override the find method? (does not seems like a good idea)
3. Or simply implement the find method with exact search, ignoring the comment in the DB interface?


Not 3 for sure but 1 looks fine.
Even if the title of this very recent thread (Exception chaining) doesn't match this topic at all , it discusses the search issues with additional links which could help you.
Regards,
Phil.
 
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Ok, I think I'm gonna overload the find method as you suggested.
Thanks!
 
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