nl.tudelft.simulation.language.filters
Class CompositeFilter

java.lang.Object
  nl.tudelft.simulation.language.filters.AbstractFilter
      nl.tudelft.simulation.language.filters.CompositeFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Filterinterface

public class CompositeFilter
extends AbstractFilter

The composite filter combines two filters.

(c) copyright 2002-2005 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.

See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl/language
License of use: Lesser General Public License (LGPL) , no warranty

Since:

1.5

Version:

$Revision: 1.12 $ $Date: 2005/08/04 12:08:54 $

Author:

Niels Lang Peter Jacobs

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static short	AND the AND operator
static short	OR the OR operator

Fields inherited from class nl.tudelft.simulation.language.filters.AbstractFilter

inverted

Constructor Summary

CompositeFilter(Filterinterface filter1, Filterinterface filter2, short operator)
constructs a new CompositeFilter

Method Summary

protected boolean	filter(java.lang.Object entry) filters the entry.
java.lang.String	getCriterium() returns the filter criterium
protected java.lang.String	operatorToString() Converts the operator of this filter into a human readable string.

Methods inherited from class nl.tudelft.simulation.language.filters.AbstractFilter

accept, and, isInverted, or, setInverted, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

AND

public static final short AND

the AND operator

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Constant Field Values

OR

public static final short OR

the OR operator

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CompositeFilter

public CompositeFilter(Filterinterface filter1,
                       Filterinterface filter2,
                       short operator)

constructs a new CompositeFilter

Parameters:

filter1 - the first filter

filter2 - the second filter

operator - the operator (AND or OR)

Method Detail

filter

protected boolean filter(java.lang.Object entry)

Description copied from class: AbstractFilter

filters the entry. This method should be implemented by every filter based on its semantic meaning.

Specified by:

filter in class AbstractFilter

Parameters:

entry - the entry to filter.

Returns:

whether to accept the value.

See Also:

AbstractFilter.filter(java.lang.Object)

operatorToString

protected java.lang.String operatorToString()

Converts the operator of this filter into a human readable string.

Returns:

the operator in human readable string

getCriterium

public java.lang.String getCriterium()

Description copied from class: AbstractFilter

returns the filter criterium

Specified by:

getCriterium in interface Filterinterface

Specified by:

getCriterium in class AbstractFilter

Returns:

the criterium

See Also:

AbstractFilter.getCriterium()