com.jidesoft.filter
Class FilterUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.filter.FilterUtils

public class FilterUtils
extends Object

The utility class dealing with filters.

Since:

3.4.5

Constructor Summary

FilterUtils()

Method Summary

static String	getFilterPreference(Filter filter, Class<?> type, ConverterContext converterContext) Gets the filter preference string from the filter
static Filter	setFilterPreference(String preference, Class<?> type, ConverterContext converterContext) Creates a filter from the filter preference string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FilterUtils

public FilterUtils()

Method Detail

setFilterPreference

public static Filter setFilterPreference(String preference,
                                         Class<?> type,
                                         ConverterContext converterContext)

Creates a filter from the filter preference string.

Parameters:

preference - the preference string

type - the class type the filter will work on

converterContext - the converter context to help converting the string back to the value

Returns:

the new Filter instance.

getFilterPreference

public static String getFilterPreference(Filter filter,
                                         Class<?> type,
                                         ConverterContext converterContext)

Gets the filter preference string from the filter

Parameters:

filter - the filter

type - the class type the filter works on

converterContext - the converter context to help converting the string back to the value

Returns:

the preference string.