bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/AcceptAllFilter.java

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package org.eclipse.jface.viewers;


/**
 * Filter that accepts everything. Available as a singleton since having
 * more than one instance would be wasteful.
 * 
 * @since 3.1
 */
public final class AcceptAllFilter implements IFilter {

	/**
	 * Returns the singleton instance of AcceptAllFilter
	 * 
	 * @return the singleton instance of AcceptAllFilter
	 */
	public static IFilter getInstance() {
		return singleton;
	}
	
	/**
	 * The singleton instance
	 */
	private static IFilter singleton = new AcceptAllFilter();
	
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.deferred.IFilter#select(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	public boolean select(Object toTest) {
		return true;
	}
	
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
     */
	public boolean equals(Object other) {
		return other == this || other instanceof AcceptAllFilter;
	}

}