de.h_da.library.datamanagement.usecase
Interface Search

public interface Search

[usecase] This use case comprises all functionality for library customers to search the library catalogue.

Method Summary

java.util.Collection<Book>

findBooksByAttributes(Book book) [basicQuery] Finds all books in the library system according to a given template.

Method Detail

findBooksByAttributes

java.util.Collection<Book> findBooksByAttributes(Book book)

[basicQuery] Finds all books in the library system according to a given template.

Parameters:

book - [in] volatile Book object as search template

Returns:

[out] Collection of all Book objects in the library system whose attributes match the search template (substring comparison, case-insensitive)

    [post forall Book b in result: 
            b.title.toUpperCase().contains(book.title.toUpperCase()) if book.title != null 
     analogous for all other attributes of entity book
    ]