org.arl.fjage

Interface MessageFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ObserverFilter

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface MessageFilter

An interface for a message filter. A message filter allows selection of a subset of messages from a set of messages. Message filters are typically used to select messages meeting a certain criteria from the incoming message queue.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	matches(Message m) Returns true if a message matches the criteria, false otherwise.

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(Message m)

Returns true if a message matches the criteria, false otherwise. An implementing class must override this method to provide the appropriate selection criteria for the message filter.

Parameters:

m - message to check.

Returns:

true if the message matches the criteria, false otherwise.