com.phloc.commons.filter

Interface IFilterWithParameter<DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

Type Parameters:

DATATYPE - The type of object to filter.

PARAMTYPE - The type of the parameter

All Known Subinterfaces:

ISerializableFilterWithParameter<DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

public interface IFilterWithParameter<DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

A generic filter interface for simple object selection based on a parameter. If you don't need the parameter, use IFilter instead.

Author:

Philip

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	matchesFilter(DATATYPE aValue, PARAMTYPE aParam) Check if the given value matches the filter or not.

Method Detail

matchesFilter

@DevelopersNote(value="No @Nullable annotation as we can make no assumptions on the state")
boolean matchesFilter(DATATYPE aValue,
                                        PARAMTYPE aParam)

Check if the given value matches the filter or not.

Parameters:

aValue - The object to filter. May be null depending on the implementation.

aParam - An optional parameter that may be used in determining whether the object matches the filter or not!

Returns:

true if the object match the filter, false otherwise.