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org.eclipse.update.search
Class BaseFilter


java.lang.Object
  
org.eclipse.update.search.BaseFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:: IUpdateSearchFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:: BackLevelFilter, EnvironmentFilter, VersionedIdentifiersFilter

Deprecated. The org.eclipse.update component has been replaced by Equinox p2. This provisional API was never promoted to stable API, and may be removed from a future release of the platform.

public class BaseFilter
extends Object
implements IUpdateSearchFilter
extends Object
implements IUpdateSearchFilter

Base filter class

Note: This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.

Since:: 3.0
See Also:: UpdateSearchRequest, IUpdateSearchFilter

Constructor Summary

BaseFilter ()
          Deprecated.

Method Summary

boolean accept ( IFeature match)
          Deprecated. In 3.1 only the accept (IFeatureReference) will be used

boolean accept ( IFeatureReference match)
          Deprecated. Tests a feature reference according to this filter's criteria.

Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseFilter

public BaseFilter()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(
IFeature match)

Deprecated. In 3.1 only the accept (IFeatureReference) will be used

Description copied from interface: IUpdateSearchFilter

Tests a feature according to this filter's criteria.

Specified by:: accept in interface IUpdateSearchFilter

Parameters:: match - the feature to test
Returns:: true if the feature has been accepted, false otherwise.

accept

public boolean accept(
IFeatureReference match)

Deprecated.

Description copied from interface: IUpdateSearchFilter

Tests a feature reference according to this filter's criteria. This is a prefilter that allows rejecting a feature before a potentially lengthy download.