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Class Condition

Namespace
Amazon.DynamoDBv2.Model
Assembly
AWSSDK.DynamoDBv2.dll

Represents the selection criteria for a

Query
or
Scan
operation:
  • For a

    Query
    operation,
    Condition
    is used for specifying the
    KeyConditions
    to use when querying a table or an index. For
    KeyConditions
    , only the following comparison operators are supported:

    EQ | LE | LT | GE | GT | BEGINS_WITH | BETWEEN

    Condition
    is also used in a
    QueryFilter
    , which evaluates the query results and returns only the desired values.
  • For a

    Scan
    operation,
    Condition
    is used in a
    ScanFilter
    , which evaluates the scan results and returns only the desired values.
public class Condition
Inheritance
Condition
Inherited Members

Constructors

Condition()

Empty constructor used to set properties independently even when a simple constructor is available

public Condition()

Properties

AttributeValueList

Gets and sets the property AttributeValueList.

One or more values to evaluate against the supplied attribute. The number of values in the list depends on the

ComparisonOperator
being used.

For type Number, value comparisons are numeric.

String value comparisons for greater than, equals, or less than are based on ASCII character code values. For example,

a
is greater than
A
, and
a
is greater than
B
. For a list of code values, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#ASCII_printable_characters.

For Binary, DynamoDB treats each byte of the binary data as unsigned when it compares binary values.

public List<AttributeValue> AttributeValueList { get; set; }

Property Value

List<AttributeValue>

ComparisonOperator

Gets and sets the property ComparisonOperator.

A comparator for evaluating attributes. For example, equals, greater than, less than, etc.

The following comparison operators are available:

EQ | NE | LE | LT | GE | GT | NOT_NULL | NULL | CONTAINS | NOT_CONTAINS | BEGINS_WITH
                   | IN | BETWEEN

The following are descriptions of each comparison operator.

  • EQ
    : Equal.
    EQ
    is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    element of type String, Number, Binary, String Set, Number Set, or Binary Set. If an item contains an
    AttributeValue
    element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,
    {"S":"6"}
    does not equal
    {"N":"6"}
    . Also,
    {"N":"6"}
    does not equal
    {"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
    .
  • NE
    : Not equal.
    NE
    is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    of type String, Number, Binary, String Set, Number Set, or Binary Set. If an item contains an
    AttributeValue
    of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,
    {"S":"6"}
    does not equal
    {"N":"6"}
    . Also,
    {"N":"6"}
    does not equal
    {"NS":["6",
                                                                                              "2", "1"]}
    .
  • LE
    : Less than or equal.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains an
    AttributeValue
    element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,
    {"S":"6"}
    does not equal
    {"N":"6"}
    . Also,
    {"N":"6"}
    does not compare to
    {"NS":["6",
                                                                                         "2", "1"]}
    .
  • LT
    : Less than.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains an
    AttributeValue
    element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,
    {"S":"6"}
    does not equal
    {"N":"6"}
    . Also,
    {"N":"6"}
    does not compare to
    {"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
    .
  • GE
    : Greater than or equal.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains an
    AttributeValue
    element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,
    {"S":"6"}
    does not equal
    {"N":"6"}
    . Also,
    {"N":"6"}
    does not compare to
    {"NS":["6",
                                                                                         "2", "1"]}
    .
  • GT
    : Greater than.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains an
    AttributeValue
    element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,
    {"S":"6"}
    does not equal
    {"N":"6"}
    . Also,
    {"N":"6"}
    does not compare to
    {"NS":["6",
                                                                                         "2", "1"]}
    .
  • NOT_NULL
    : The attribute exists.
    NOT_NULL
    is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.
    note

    This operator tests for the existence of an attribute, not its data type. If the data type of attribute "

    a
    " is null, and you evaluate it using
    NOT_NULL
    , the result is a Boolean
    true
    . This result is because the attribute "
    a
    " exists; its data type is not relevant to the
    NOT_NULL
    comparison operator.
  • NULL
    : The attribute does not exist.
    NULL
    is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.
    note

    This operator tests for the nonexistence of an attribute, not its data type. If the data type of attribute "

    a
    " is null, and you evaluate it using
    NULL
    , the result is a Boolean
    false
    . This is because the attribute "
    a
    " exists; its data type is not relevant to the
    NULL
    comparison operator.
  • CONTAINS
    : Checks for a subsequence, or value in a set.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If the target attribute of the comparison is of type String, then the operator checks for a substring match. If the target attribute of the comparison is of type Binary, then the operator looks for a subsequence of the target that matches the input. If the target attribute of the comparison is a set ("
    SS
    ", "
    NS
    ", or "
    BS
    "), then the operator evaluates to true if it finds an exact match with any member of the set.

    CONTAINS is supported for lists: When evaluating "

    a CONTAINS b
    ", "
    a
    " can be a list; however, "
    b
    " cannot be a set, a map, or a list.
  • NOT_CONTAINS
    : Checks for absence of a subsequence, or absence of a value in a set.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If the target attribute of the comparison is a String, then the operator checks for the absence of a substring match. If the target attribute of the comparison is Binary, then the operator checks for the absence of a subsequence of the target that matches the input. If the target attribute of the comparison is a set ("
    SS
    ", "
    NS
    ", or "
    BS
    "), then the operator evaluates to true if it does not find an exact match with any member of the set.

    NOT_CONTAINS is supported for lists: When evaluating "

    a NOT CONTAINS b
    ", "
    a
    " can be a list; however, "
    b
    " cannot be a set, a map, or a list.
  • BEGINS_WITH
    : Checks for a prefix.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain only one
    AttributeValue
    of type String or Binary (not a Number or a set type). The target attribute of the comparison must be of type String or Binary (not a Number or a set type).
  • IN
    : Checks for matching elements in a list.

    AttributeValueList
    can contain one or more
    AttributeValue
    elements of type String, Number, or Binary. These attributes are compared against an existing attribute of an item. If any elements of the input are equal to the item attribute, the expression evaluates to true.
  • BETWEEN
    : Greater than or equal to the first value, and less than or equal to the second value.

    AttributeValueList
    must contain two
    AttributeValue
    elements of the same type, either String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). A target attribute matches if the target value is greater than, or equal to, the first element and less than, or equal to, the second element. If an item contains an
    AttributeValue
    element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,
    {"S":"6"}
    does not compare to
    {"N":"6"}
    . Also,
    {"N":"6"}
    does not compare to
    {"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}

For usage examples of

AttributeValueList
and
ComparisonOperator
, see Legacy Conditional Parameters in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
public ComparisonOperator ComparisonOperator { get; set; }

Property Value

ComparisonOperator