PropertyFilterDefinition (vaadin-server 8.21.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.vaadin.data.PropertyFilterDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public class PropertyFilterDefinition
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable
```
Class containing the constraints for filtering nested properties.

Since:

8.2

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PropertyFilterDefinition(int maxNestingDepth, java.util.List<java.lang.String> ignorePackageNamesStartingWith)`	Create a property filter with max nesting depth and package names to ignore.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static PropertyFilterDefinition`	`getDefaultFilter()`	Get the default nested property filtering conditions.
`java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`getIgnorePackageNamesStartingWith()`	Returns a list of package name prefixes to ignore.
`int`	`getMaxNestingDepth()`	Returns the maximum amount of nesting levels for sub-properties.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PropertyFilterDefinition
```
public PropertyFilterDefinition(int maxNestingDepth,
                                java.util.List<java.lang.String> ignorePackageNamesStartingWith)
```
    Create a property filter with max nesting depth and package names to ignore.
    
    Parameters:
    
    maxNestingDepth - The maximum amount of nesting levels for sub-properties.
    
    ignorePackageNamesStartingWith - Ignore package names that start with this string, for example "java.lang".
- Method Detail
  - getMaxNestingDepth
```
public int getMaxNestingDepth()
```
    Returns the maximum amount of nesting levels for sub-properties.
    
    Returns:
    
    maximum nesting depth
  - getIgnorePackageNamesStartingWith
```
public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getIgnorePackageNamesStartingWith()
```
    Returns a list of package name prefixes to ignore.
    
    Returns:
    
    list of strings that
  - getDefaultFilter
```
public static PropertyFilterDefinition getDefaultFilter()
```
    Get the default nested property filtering conditions.
    
    Returns:
    
    default property filter