| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2004 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.ui.views.markers.internal; |
| |
| /** |
| * Generic filtering interface. |
| */ |
| public interface IFilter { |
| |
| /** |
| * Filters the list of elements. Removes the elements that need to filtered out from the list. |
| * |
| * @param elements |
| */ |
| public Object[] filter(Object[] elements); |
| |
| /** |
| * @param item |
| * @return |
| * <ul> |
| * <li><code>true</code> if the item will make it through the filter.</li> |
| * <li><code>false</code> if the item will not make it through the filter.</li> |
| * </ul> |
| */ |
| public boolean select(Object item); |
| |
| } |
