Package com.day.cq.dam.commons.handler

Interface Filter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFilter, XPacketFilter

public interface Filter

Continuously filter bytes and produce an output that can be read back. Optionally pass processed bytes to a next filter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	filter(byte[] buf, int off, int len)	Filter a couple of bytes.
boolean	isValid()	Return a flag indicating whether the contents processed by this filter represents a valid entity.
void	reset()	Reset the filter.
void	setAutoReset(boolean autoReset)	Set the flag indicating whether the filter automatically resets its internal state when the end marker has been read.

Method Detail

filter

void filter(byte[] buf,
            int off,
            int len)
     throws java.io.IOException

Filter a couple of bytes.

Parameters:

buf - buffer

off - offset inside buffer

len - number of bytes

Throws:

java.io.IOException

reset

void reset()

Reset the filter.

setAutoReset

void setAutoReset(boolean autoReset)

Set the flag indicating whether the filter automatically resets its internal state when the end marker has been read.

Parameters:

autoReset - autoReset

isValid

boolean isValid()

Return a flag indicating whether the contents processed by this filter represents a valid entity.

Returns:

true if the contents is valid; false otherwise.