EntryFilter (Pulsar Broker 2.10.2.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntryFilterWithClassLoader
```
public interface EntryFilter
```

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class EntryFilter.FilterResult

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	close the entry filter.
`EntryFilter.FilterResult`	`filterEntry(org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.Entry entry, FilterContext context)`	1.

- Method Detail
  - filterEntry
```
EntryFilter.FilterResult filterEntry(org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.Entry entry,
                                     FilterContext context)
```
    1. Broker determines whether to filter out this entry based on the return value of this method. 2. Do not deserialize the entire entry in this method, which has a great impact on the broker's memory and CPU. 3. Return ACCEPT or null will be regarded as ACCEPT.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entry -
    
    context -
    
    Returns:
  - close
```
void close()
```
    close the entry filter.