net.sf.basedb.util.filter
Interface Filter<T>
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- AllOfFilter, AnnotationFilter, AnnotationTypeFilter, AutoDetectFileFormat.IsImportableFilter, BasicItemFilter, ContextUtil.IsInContextFilter, EqualsFilter, IdentityFilter, InstanceOfFilter, InverseFilter, ItemTypeFilter, NoneOfFilter, NotNullFilter, OneOfFilter, StaticFilter
public interface Filter<T>
A filter is something that selectes or rejects an object
due to some property of it. Filters are often used to
filter a collection of object to create a sub-collection
where all objects share some property.
- Version:
- 2.9
- Author:
- Nicklas
- See Also:
FilterUtil- Last modified
- $Date: 2008-10-21 09:20:40 +0200 (Tue, 21 Oct 2008) $
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Method Summary |
boolean |
evaluate(T object)
Evaluate if the given object should pass the filter or not. |
evaluate
boolean evaluate(T object)
- Evaluate if the given object should pass the filter or not.
- Parameters:
object - The object to evaluate
- Returns:
- TRUE if the object passes the filter, FALSE otherwise