AbstractFilter (Apache Maven Common Artifact Filters 3.2.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.maven.shared.artifact.filter.resolve.AbstractFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TransformableFilter
```
public abstract class AbstractFilter
extends Object
implements TransformableFilter
```
Abstract filter for custom implementations

Since:

3.0

Author:

Robert Scholte

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractFilter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`accept(Node node, List<Node> parents)`	accept.
`<T> T`	`transform(FilterTransformer<T> transformer)`	Subclasses should include the following code:

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractFilter
```
public AbstractFilter()
```
- Method Detail
  - transform
```
public final <T> T transform(FilterTransformer<T> transformer)
```
    Subclasses should include the following code:
    @Override public abstract <T> T transform( FilterTransformer<T> transformer ) { return transformer.transform( this ); }
    Specified by:
    
    transform in interface TransformableFilter
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the interface of the tool specific filter
    
    Parameters:
    
    transformer - the tool specific transformer, may not be null
    
    Returns:
    
    the transformed value, never null
  - accept
```
public abstract boolean accept(Node node,
                               List<Node> parents)
```
    accept.
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - Node
    
    parents - Nodes.
    
    Returns:
    
    true / false