com.adaptris.core.metadata

Interface MetadataFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeMetadataFilter, DiscardEmptyValuesFilter, DiscardValuesTooLongFilter, ExcludeJmsHeaders, FixedValuesMetadataFilter, MappedKeyMetadataFilter, MetadataFilterImpl, NoOpMetadataFilter, OrderedItemMetadataFilter, PasswordDecodeMetadataFilter, PasswordEncodeMetadataFilter, PasswordMetadataFilter, RegexMetadataFilter, RemoveAllMetadataFilter

public interface MetadataFilter

Interface for finding matching metadata on a AdaptrisMessage.

This is a generic interface that can be used to create a subset of @MetadataElement instances from a full set of metadata.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MetadataCollection	filter(AdaptrisMessage message) Return all the metadata that matches the filter.
MetadataCollection	filter(MetadataCollection original) Return all the metadata that matches the filter.
MetadataCollection	filter(java.util.Set<MetadataElement> original) Return all the metadata that matches the filter.

Method Detail

filter

MetadataCollection filter(AdaptrisMessage message)

Return all the metadata that matches the filter.

Parameters:

message - the AdaptrisMessage instance.

Returns:

a MetadataCollection instance that has been filtered.

filter

MetadataCollection filter(java.util.Set<MetadataElement> original)

Return all the metadata that matches the filter.

Parameters:

original - the original set of metadata possibly from AdaptrisMessage.getMetadata()

Returns:

a MetadataCollection instance that has been filtered.

filter

MetadataCollection filter(MetadataCollection original)

Return all the metadata that matches the filter.

Parameters:

original - the original set of metadata.

Returns:

a MetadataCollection instance that has been filtered.