com.alee.utils.compare

Interface Filter<E>

Type Parameters:

E - filtered objects type

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFileFilter, AllFilesFilter, DescriptiveFileFilter, DirectoriesFilter, FilesFilter, GroupedFileFilter, ImageFilesFilter, IOFileFilterAdapter, NonHiddenFilter, SwingFileFilterAdapter

public interface Filter<E>

This interface provides a base for filtering any type of objects in any situation. This class is similar to FileFilter from default file chooser, but it doesn't require any specific object type like File.

Author:

Mikle Garin

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(E object) Returns whether the specified object is accepted by this filter or not.

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(E object)

Returns whether the specified object is accepted by this filter or not.

Parameters:

object - object to process

Returns:

true if the specified object is accepted by this filter, false otherwise