Filter (API 0.14.2 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ElementFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleElementFilter
```
@Deprecated
public interface Filter<T>
```
Deprecated.
Filtering turned out to be not that usable and will be removed. This class has been superseded by the TreeFilter.

A basic filter designed to work with element forests.

Since:

0.1

Author:

Lukas Krejci

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`applies(T element)`	Deprecated. If an element in a forest is of compatible type, does the filter apply to it?
`static <T> Filter<T>`	`deep(Predicate<T> predicate)`	Deprecated.
`static <T> Filter<T>`	`shallow(Predicate<T> predicate)`	Deprecated.
`boolean`	`shouldDescendInto(Object element)`	Deprecated. Should the forest traversal descend into the provided element? It is not guaranteed that the element is of the type required by this parameter, but its children might be.

- Method Detail
  - shallow
```
static <T> Filter<T> shallow(Predicate<T> predicate)
```
    Deprecated.
  - deep
```
static <T> Filter<T> deep(Predicate<T> predicate)
```
    Deprecated.
  - applies
```
boolean applies(@Nullable
                T element)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    If an element in a forest is of compatible type, does the filter apply to it?
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - the element in the forest
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the filter applies, false otherwise
  - shouldDescendInto
```
boolean shouldDescendInto(@Nullable
                          Object element)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Should the forest traversal descend into the provided element? It is not guaranteed that the element is of the type required by this parameter, but its children might be.
    Therefore the filter is given a chance to influence the decision even for elements of types that it is not declared to filter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - the element to be descended into
    
    Returns:
    
    true if forest traversal should descend into the element, false otherwise