org.cip4.jdflib.ifaces
Interface IMatches

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDFCostCenter, JDFEmployee, JDFGeneralID, JDFNotification, JDFResourceInfo, NodeIdentifier

public interface IMatches

Author:

Rainer Prosi

Method Summary

boolean

matches(java.lang.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 Detail

matches

boolean matches(java.lang.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