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023
024package microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core.enumeration.search;
025
026/**
027 * Defines the way values are compared in search filter.
028 */
029public enum ComparisonMode {
030
031  // The comparison is exact.
032  /**
033   * The Exact.
034   */
035  Exact,
036
037  // The comparison ignores casing.
038  /**
039   * The Ignore case.
040   */
041  IgnoreCase,
042
043  // The comparison ignores spacing characters.
044  /**
045   * The Ignore non spacing characters.
046   */
047  IgnoreNonSpacingCharacters,
048
049  // The comparison ignores casing and spacing characters.
050  /**
051   * The Ignore case and non spacing characters.
052   */
053  IgnoreCaseAndNonSpacingCharacters
054
055  // From bug E12:113326
056  //
057  // Although the following four values are defined in
058  // the EWS schema, they are useless
059  // as they are all thechnically equivalent to Loose.
060  // We are not exposing those values
061  // in this API. When we encounter one of these
062  // values on an existing search folder
063  // restriction, we map it to IgnoreCaseAndNonSpacingCharacters.
064  //
065  // Loose,
066  // LooseAndIgnoreCase,
067  // LooseAndIgnoreNonSpace,
068  // LooseAndIgnoreCaseAndIgnoreNonSpace
069}