com.townleyenterprises.filter
Interface Filter

All Known Implementing Classes:

LogicalFilter, LogicalNotFilter, QueryFilter

public interface Filter

This interface provides the base operation common to all filters within the system.

Version:

$Id: Filter.java,v 1.3 2004/07/28 10:33:58 atownley Exp $

Author:

Andrew S. Townley

Method Summary

boolean

doFilter(java.lang.Object o) This method actually performs the operation that will determine if the parameter object should be included in the "result" or not.

Method Detail

doFilter

public boolean doFilter(java.lang.Object o)

This method actually performs the operation that will determine if the parameter object should be included in the "result" or not.

Parameters:

o - the object to be tested

Returns:

true if the object should be included in the result; false if the object should not