com.bigllc.retsiq.metadata.io
Interface MetadataTypeFilter

public interface MetadataTypeFilter

A filter interface for determining if a metadata type should be processed. An example of usage may be determining if child types for a node traversed should be filtered or not. If the method returns false then it's children of that type will not be transformed or sourced.

Author:

Marc G. Smith

Field Summary

static MetadataTypeFilter	OPEN_FILTER Open filer which will accept all types.
static MetadataTypeFilter	SEARCH_FILTER Filter that accepts only types that are valid for search metadata.

Method Summary

boolean

accept(com.bigllc.retsiq.api.RETSConstants.MetadataType type) This method is called by a source to determine if a node's children of a given type should be filtered out of the transformation or not.

Field Detail

OPEN_FILTER

static final MetadataTypeFilter OPEN_FILTER

Open filer which will accept all types.

SEARCH_FILTER

static final MetadataTypeFilter SEARCH_FILTER

Filter that accepts only types that are valid for search metadata. Update metadata is ignored.

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(com.bigllc.retsiq.api.RETSConstants.MetadataType type)

This method is called by a source to determine if a node's children of a given type should be filtered out of the transformation or not.

Parameters:

type - the metadata type being queried.

Returns:

true if it should not be filtered, false to filter it and it's children from being filtered.