Interface CodeList.Filter

Enclosing class:

Code­List<E extends Code­List<E>>

public static interface CodeList.Filter

Used by Code­List.value­Of(Class, Filter) to select codes matching an arbitrary criterion.

Since:

2.3

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	accept(Code­List<?> code)	Returns true if the given code matches the criterion defined by this filter.
String	codename()	Returns the name of the code being looked for, or null if unknown.

Method Details

accept

boolean accept(CodeList<?> code)

Returns true if the given code matches the criterion defined by this filter.

Parameters:

code - The code to test.

Returns:

true if the code matches the criterion.

codename

String codename()

Returns the name of the code being looked for, or null if unknown. This method is invoked by Code­List.value­Of(Class, Filter) if no code match the criterion defined by this filter. In such case, there is a choice:

• If this method returns a non-null name, then a new code of that name is created.
• Otherwise, no new code is created and Code­List.value­Of returns null.

Returns:

The name of the code being looked for, or null.