com.jidesoft.filter
Class OrFilter

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.filter.AbstractFilter
      com.jidesoft.filter.MultipleFilters
          com.jidesoft.filter.OrFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter, ObjectGrouperSupport, Serializable, Cloneable

public class OrFilter
extends MultipleFilters

An filter which filters a value if all of its filters filter away the value. In the other word, it is an OR logic.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.jidesoft.filter.Filter

ALL, CUSTOM, NULL, SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

OrFilter()

OrFilter(Filter... filters)

Method Summary

boolean	isValueFiltered(Object value) This method will call isValueFiltered from its filters.
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.MultipleFilters

addFilter, clearFilters, clone, getFilters, removeFilter, setFilters

Methods inherited from class com.jidesoft.filter.AbstractFilter

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OrFilter

public OrFilter()

OrFilter

public OrFilter(Filter... filters)

Method Detail

isValueFiltered

public boolean isValueFiltered(Object value)

This method will call isValueFiltered from its filters. If one of the filters returns false, this method will return false.

Parameters:

value - the value to be filtered

Returns:

false if one of the filters returns false. Otherwise true.

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.

Please be noted that it's a very loose comparison, we will compare the filters contained one by one only. Don't expect it to be very concise.

Specified by:

stricterThan in interface Filter

Overrides:

stricterThan in class AbstractFilter

Parameters:

inputFilter - the input filter

Returns:

true if all the filters contained in this filter are stricter than the input filter AND the number of filters are smaller or equal than the input filter. Otherwise false.