org.ocap.hn.content.navigation

Class ContentDatabaseFilter

java.lang.Object

org.ocap.hn.content.navigation.ContentDatabaseFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:

DatabaseQuery, DeviceFilter

public abstract class ContentDatabaseFilter
extends Object

This class represent a filtering criteria to be applied while creating a ContentList.

Author:

Labeeb Ismail, Liberate, Dr. Immo Benjes , Philips Digital Systems Labs, Redhill, UK

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	ContentDatabaseFilter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	accept(ContentEntry entry) This method is called for every ContentEntry in the database/list this filter is applied to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ContentDatabaseFilter

protected ContentDatabaseFilter()

Method Detail

accept

public abstract boolean accept(ContentEntry entry)

This method is called for every ContentEntry in the database/list this filter is applied to. Implementations should return true if the specified ContentItem should be in the filtered list. If the ContentItem should not be listed in the new list false should be returned.

Parameters:

entry - the ContentEntry to filter

Returns:

true if the ContentEntry should be in the filtered ContentList, false otherwise.