org.pf.osf
Class MatchRuleFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.pf.osf.MatchRuleFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IObjectFilter

public class MatchRuleFilter
extends java.lang.Object
implements IObjectFilter

A special filter that uses internally a MatchRule to check whether an object matches or not. The objects it can check must implement either java.util.Map or org.pf.reflect.AttributeReadAccess.

Version:

1.0

Author:

M.Duchrow

See Also:

AttributeReadAccess

Constructor Summary

MatchRuleFilter(MatchRule rule)
Initialize the new instance with a match rule.

Method Summary

MatchRule	getMatchRule()
boolean	matches(java.lang.Object object) Returns true if the given object matches this filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MatchRuleFilter

public MatchRuleFilter(MatchRule rule)

Initialize the new instance with a match rule.

Parameters:

rule - The match rule to be used for object matching

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given parameter is null

Method Detail

getMatchRule

public MatchRule getMatchRule()

matches

public boolean matches(java.lang.Object object)

Returns true if the given object matches this filter. That is, its attributes match the underlying MatchRule.

Specified by:

matches in interface IObjectFilter

Parameters:

object - Either an instance of Map or AttributeReadAccess

See Also:

AttributeReadAccess