net.java.sip.communicator.impl.gui.main.contactlist
Interface ContactListFilter

All Known Subinterfaces:

ContactListSourceFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

CallHistoryFilter, PresenceFilter, SearchFilter

public interface ContactListFilter

The ContactListFilter is an interface meant to be implemented by modules interested in filtering the contact list. An implementation of this interface should be able to answer if an UIContact or an UIGroup is matching the corresponding filter.

Author:

Yana Stamcheva

Method Summary

void	applyFilter(FilterQuery filterQuery) Applies this filter to any interested sources
boolean	isMatching(UIContact uiContact) Indicates if the given uiGroup is matching the current filter.
boolean	isMatching(UIGroup uiGroup) Indicates if the given uiGroup is matching the current filter.

Method Detail

isMatching

boolean isMatching(UIContact uiContact)

Indicates if the given uiGroup is matching the current filter.

Parameters:

uiContact - the UIContact to check

Returns:

true to indicate that the given uiContact matches this filter, false - otherwise

isMatching

boolean isMatching(UIGroup uiGroup)

Indicates if the given uiGroup is matching the current filter.

Parameters:

uiGroup - the UIGroup to check

Returns:

true to indicate that the given uiGroup matches this filter, false - otherwise

applyFilter

void applyFilter(FilterQuery filterQuery)

Applies this filter to any interested sources

Parameters:

filterQuery - the FilterQuery that tracks the results of this filtering