Package org.apache.jackrabbit.commons.predicate

Class PathPredicate

java.lang.Object

org.apache.jackrabbit.commons.predicate.PathPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Predicate

public class PathPredicate
extends Object
implements Predicate

The path filter provides hierarchical filtering.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.jackrabbit.commons.predicate.Predicate

FALSE, TRUE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PathPredicate(String pattern)	Creates a new default path filter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	evaluate(Object item)	Evaluates the predicate for the given object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PathPredicate

public PathPredicate(String pattern)

Creates a new default path filter

 | Pattern | Matches
 | /foo    | exactly "/foo"
 | /foo.*  | all paths starting with "foo."
 | foo.*   | all files starting with "foo."
 | /foo/*  | all direct children of /foo
 | /foo/** | all children of /foo
 

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern

Method Details

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(Object item)

Description copied from interface: Predicate

Evaluates the predicate for the given object.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface Predicate

Parameters:

item - some object

Returns:

predicate result

See Also:

• Predicate.evaluate(java.lang.Object)