ca.odell.glazedlists

Interface TextFilterator<E>

public interface TextFilterator<E>

An interface through which a list of Strings for a given object can be extracted for testing whether a filter matches.
Author:
Jesse Wilson
See Also:
Glazed Lists Tutorial, GlazedLists.textFilterator(String[])

Method Summary

void
getFilterStrings(List baseList, E element)
Gets the specified object as a list of Strings.

Method Details

getFilterStrings

public void getFilterStrings(List baseList,
                             E element)
Gets the specified object as a list of Strings. These Strings should contain all object information so that it can be compared to the filter set.
Parameters:
baseList - a list that the implementor shall add their filter strings to via baseList.add(). This may be a non-empty List and it is an error to call any method other than add().
element - the object to extract the filter strings from.

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