MetadataBasedCategory (Modern UI for Funnelback - Core 15.24.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateFieldFill, MetadataFieldFill
```
public interface MetadataBasedCategory
```
A metadata class based CategoryDefinition.

Since:

11.0

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`INDEX_FIELD_BOUNDARY`	Special word indexed at the start and end of each metadata.
`static java.lang.String`	`METADATA_ABSENT_PREFIX`	Result metadata count prefix which indicates a count of the absence of any value for the given metadata class within a document.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getMetadataClass()`
`java.lang.String`	`getQueryConstraint(java.lang.String value)`	The specific query constraint to apply for the passed value.

- Field Detail
  - INDEX_FIELD_BOUNDARY
```
static final java.lang.String INDEX_FIELD_BOUNDARY
```
    Special word indexed at the start and end of each metadata.
    
    See: padre-iw's -ifb option.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - METADATA_ABSENT_PREFIX
```
static final java.lang.String METADATA_ABSENT_PREFIX
```
    Result metadata count prefix which indicates a count of the absence of any value for the given metadata class within a document.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getMetadataClass
```
java.lang.String getMetadataClass()
```
    Returns:
    
    The metadata class for this category type
  - getQueryConstraint
```
java.lang.String getQueryConstraint(java.lang.String value)
```
    The specific query constraint to apply for the passed value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - Value for this category
    
    Returns:
    
    The corresponding query constraint (ex: "x:$++ <value> $++", or "v:<value>")