com.levigo.util.base.glazedlists
Interface TextFilterator<E>

public interface TextFilterator<E>

An interface through which a list of Strings for a given object can be extracted for testing whether a filter matches.

Author:

Jesse Wilson

See Also:

Glazed Lists Tutorial, GlazedLists.textFilterator(String[])

Method Summary

void	getFilterStrings(List<String> baseList, E element) Gets the specified object as a list of Strings.

Method Detail

getFilterStrings

void getFilterStrings(List<String> baseList,
                      E element)

Gets the specified object as a list of Strings. These Strings should contain all object information so that it can be compared to the filter set.

Parameters:

baseList - a list that the implementor shall add their filter strings 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 strings from.