Package org.cip4.jdflib.ifaces

Interface IMatches

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDFAddress, JDFComChannel, JDFCompany, JDFContact, JDFCostCenter, JDFCustomerInfo, JDFEmployee, JDFGeneralID, JDFMedia, JDFNotification, JDFObjectResolution, JDFPerson, JDFResourceInfo, NodeIdentifier, SetHelper

public interface IMatches

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	matches(Object subset)	returns true if subset somehow matches this the semantics are defined by the filtering algorithm, thus it could be a filter or a subset i.e.

Method Details

matches

boolean matches(Object subset)

returns true if subset somehow matches this the semantics are defined by the filtering algorithm, thus it could be a filter or a subset i.e. subset contains either equivalent elements or null and no non-matching elements matches(null) always returns true

Parameters:

subset - the object to filter against

Returns:

true if it matches