com.jidesoft.filter
Class NotFilter

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.filter.AbstractFilter
      com.jidesoft.filter.NotFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter, ObjectGrouperSupport, Serializable, Cloneable

public class NotFilter
extends AbstractFilter

This filter will return the opposite value from isValueFiltered(Object) method from the filter it contains. In the other word, it is a NOT logic.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.jidesoft.filter.Filter

ALL, CUSTOM, NULL, SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

NotFilter(Filter filter)

Method Summary

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of the filter.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Filter	getFilter()
boolean	isFilterValid() Checks if the filter is valid or not.
boolean	isValueFiltered(Object value) Checks to see if the value should be filtered.
void	setFilter(Filter filter)
boolean	stricterThan(Filter inputFilter) Check if this filter is stricter than the input filter while the two filters are with the same class.

Methods inherited from class com.jidesoft.filter.AbstractFilter

addFilterListener, fireFilterChanged, fireFilterContentChanged, fireFilterDisabled, fireFilterEnabled, fireFilterNameChanged, getConditionString, getFilterFactory, getFilterFactoryName, getFilterListeners, getName, getObjectGrouper, getObjectGrouperName, getPreference, isEnabled, removeFilterListener, setEnabled, setFilterFactory, setFilterFactoryName, setName, setObjectGrouper, setObjectGrouperName, setPreference

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NotFilter

public NotFilter(Filter filter)

Method Detail

isValueFiltered

public boolean isValueFiltered(Object value)

Description copied from interface: Filter

Checks to see if the value should be filtered.

Parameters:

value - the value to filter

Returns:

true if the value should be filtered. Otherwise false.

getFilter

public Filter getFilter()

setFilter

public void setFilter(Filter filter)

stricterThan

public boolean stricterThan(Filter inputFilter)

Check if this filter is stricter than the input filter while the two filters are with the same class.

Specified by:

stricterThan in interface Filter

Overrides:

stricterThan in class AbstractFilter

Parameters:

inputFilter - the input filter

Returns:

true if the filter in input filter stricter than the filter in this filter. Otherwise false.

clone

public Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Description copied from class: AbstractFilter

Creates and returns a copy of the filter.

Specified by:

clone in interface Filter

Overrides:

clone in class AbstractFilter

Returns:

a cloned copy of the filter.

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException - if the cloning of the filter is not supported.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

isFilterValid

public boolean isFilterValid()

Description copied from class: AbstractFilter

Checks if the filter is valid or not. By default, it just returns true simply. This method will help determine if the filter loaded from a string by invoking AbstractFilter.setPreference(String, Class, com.jidesoft.converter.ConverterContext) is valid or not.

Overrides:

isFilterValid in class AbstractFilter

Returns:

true by default.