com.levigo.util.base.glazedlists
Interface Filterator<C,E>

public interface Filterator<C,E>

An interface for extracting a list of values to be considered by a Matcher when matching a particular element of a list.

Author:

James Lemieux

Method Summary

void	getFilterValues(List<C> baseList, E element) Extracts the list of filterable values from a given element.

Method Detail

getFilterValues

void getFilterValues(List<C> baseList,
                     E element)

Extracts the list of filterable values from a given element. These values will be accessed within a Matcher to judge whether the element matches some criteria.

Parameters:

baseList - a list that the implementor shall add their filter values to via baseList.add(). This may be a non-empty List and it is an error to call any method other than add().

element - the object to extract the filter values from