SearchTemplates.InitialTermParser (Ldaptive 2.4.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.ldaptive.templates.SearchTemplates.InitialTermParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

SearchTemplates.TermParser

Enclosing class:

SearchTemplates
```
public static class SearchTemplates.InitialTermParser
extends Object
implements SearchTemplates.TermParser
```
Adds the first letter of each term as a filter parameter using the name 'initialX' where X is the index of the term. For the argument: {'fname', 'lname' }, produces:
```
     {
       'initial1' => 'f',
       'initial2' => 'l',
     }
 
```

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

InitialTermParser()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`private String[]`	`getInitials(String[] names)`	This converts an array of names into an array of initials.
`Map<String,String>`	`parse(String[] terms)`	Returns search filter parameters for the supplied query terms.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - InitialTermParser
```
public InitialTermParser()
```
- Method Detail
  - parse
```
public Map<String,String> parse(String[] terms)
```
    Description copied from interface: SearchTemplates.TermParser
    
    Returns search filter parameters for the supplied query terms.
    
    Specified by:
    
    parse in interface SearchTemplates.TermParser
    
    Parameters:
    
    terms - to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    search filter parameters
  - getInitials
```
private String[] getInitials(String[] names)
```
    This converts an array of names into an array of initials.
    
    Parameters:
    
    names - to convert to initials
    
    Returns:
    
    initials