TextFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:: AbstractPatternTextFilter, ContainsTextFilter, FindsPatternTextFilter, InvertedTextFilter, MatchesExactlyTextFilter, MatchesPatternTextFilter, StartsWithTextFilter

public interface TextFilter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

String

getFilterText()

boolean

isSubFilterOf(TextFilter filter)

Returns true if this filter is a more specific filter of the given filter.

boolean

matches(String text)

Method Details
- matches
  
  boolean matches(String text)
- getFilterText
  
  String getFilterText()
- isSubFilterOf
  
  boolean isSubFilterOf(TextFilter filter)
  
  Returns true if this filter is a more specific filter of the given filter. This is specific to the implementation. Some filters cannot be sub-filters of another filter, such as the 'matches exactly' filter. Contrastingly, a 'starts with' filter can have a sub-filter; for example, for a 'starts with' filter, 'cat' is a sub-filter of 'ca', as 'cat' starts with 'ca'.
  
  Parameters:
  
  filter - the potential parent filter
  
  Returns:
  
  true if this filter is a more specific filter of the given filter.