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1 | /* | |
2 | * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional | |
3 | * information regarding copyright ownership. | |
4 | * | |
5 | * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
6 | * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as | |
7 | * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of | |
8 | * the License, or (at your option) any later version. | |
9 | * | |
10 | * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
11 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
12 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
13 | * Lesser General Public License for more details. | |
14 | * | |
15 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
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18 | * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. | |
19 | */ | |
20 | package org.xwiki.observation.event.filter; | |
21 | ||
22 | /** | |
23 | * Allows writing complex Event matching algorithms for the {@link org.xwiki.observation.event.Event#matches(Object)} | |
24 | * method. | |
25 | * <p> | |
26 | * For example, this allows writing {@link org.xwiki.observation.event.filter.RegexEventFilter} that can be used to | |
27 | * easily match several documents at once. The following will match all Documents which are saved which have a name | |
28 | * matching the {@code .*Doc.*} regex: | |
29 | * <pre>{@code | |
30 | * new DocumentSaveEvent(new RegexEventFilter(".*Doc.*")) | |
31 | * }</pre> | |
32 | * | |
33 | * @version $Id: 50a76d50345156c733765cda1f30b14526d372a0 $ | |
34 | */ | |
35 | public interface EventFilter | |
36 | { | |
37 | /** | |
38 | * Provides access to the filter's criterion. | |
39 | * | |
40 | * @return the filter used in the {@link #matches(EventFilter)} method to verify if a passed event filter matches | |
41 | * it. | |
42 | * @see #matches(EventFilter) | |
43 | */ | |
44 | String getFilter(); | |
45 | ||
46 | /** | |
47 | * Compares two event filters to see if they <em>match</em>, meaning that the "contexts" of two events are | |
48 | * compatible. For example, a {@link FixedNameEventFilter} matches another filter only if they both have the same | |
49 | * name set as the filter, while an {@link AlwaysMatchingEventFilter} matches any other event filter. A listener | |
50 | * that registered to receive notifications <em>like</em> <code>referenceEvent</code> and with | |
51 | * <code>referenceEventFilter</code>, will be notified of any occuring event for which | |
52 | * <code>referenceEvent.matches(occuringEvent)</code> will return <code>true</code> and | |
53 | * <code>referenceEvent.getEventFilter().matches(occurringEvent.getEventFilter())</code>. | |
54 | * | |
55 | * @param eventFilter the event filter to compare to the filter value | |
56 | * @return <code>true</code> if both event filters match. The matching algorithm is left to the filter event | |
57 | * implementation. For example the {@link RegexEventFilter Regex event filter} will match another filter if | |
58 | * that other filter matches the regex. | |
59 | */ | |
60 | boolean matches(EventFilter eventFilter); | |
61 | } |