Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.core.runtime.dynamichelpers
Interface IFilter


public interface IFilter

A filter compares the given object to some pattern and returns true if the two match and false otherwise.. The API can be implemented by clients, however factory methods are available on IExtensionTracker.

Since:
3.1

Method Summary
 boolean matches(IExtensionPoint target)
          Return true if the given object matches the criteria for this filter
 

Method Detail

matches

public boolean matches(IExtensionPoint target)
Return true if the given object matches the criteria for this filter

Parameters:
target - the object to match
Returns:
true if the target matches this filter, false otherwise

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

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