Limitations of Filters to search data

Question

I am exploring how I can write generic query for any Node given a set of search parameters and came across org.neo4j.ogm.cypher.Filters (in neo4j-ogm-core-2.0.3.jar)

I would have liked to have more options for ComparisionOperator like CONTAINS, IN, STARTSWITH etc.

Right now the operators supported are:

• EQUALS("=")
• MATCHES("=~")
• LIKE("=~", new CaseInsensitiveLikePropertyValueTransformer())
• GREATER_THAN(">")
• LESS_THAN("<")

Are there is any plan to enhance this to support more operations?

Here is an example of how I am using Filters:

public Collection<User> findUserByFirstNameLike(String firstName) {
    Filters filters = new Filters();
    Filter firstNameFilter = new Filter("firstName", firstName);
    firstNameFilter.setComparisonOperator(ComparisonOperator.LIKE);
    filters.add(firstNameFilter);
    Collection<User> users = session.loadAll(User.class, filters);
    return users;
}

Answer 1

Filters has been updated in neo4j-ogm-core version 2.1.0.

All 3 options you want to see (CONTAINS, IN, STARTS WITH) are available in this version along with:

• LESS_THAN("<")
• LESS_THAN_EQUAL("<=")
• IS_NULL("IS NULL")
• ENDING_WITH("ENDS WITH")
• EXISTS("EXISTS")
• IS_TRUE("=")