net.wimpi.pim.contact.db
Interface ContactFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContactFilter

public interface ContactFilter

Interface modeling a ContactFilter.

Version:

0.1 (22/07/2003)

Author:

Dieter Wimberger (wimpi)

Method Summary

boolean	passes(Contact contact) Tests if a given contact passes through this ContactFilter.
void	setChildFilter(ContactFilter filter) Sets a child filter, which will be applied by the parent.

Method Detail

passes

public boolean passes(Contact contact)

Tests if a given contact passes through this ContactFilter.

Parameters:

contact - a Contact instance.

Returns:

true if passes, false otherwise.

setChildFilter

public void setChildFilter(ContactFilter filter)

Sets a child filter, which will be applied by the parent.

Note that this semantics allow to construct chains of different filters.

Parameters:

filter - a ContactFilter instance.