org.eclipse.viatra.query.runtime.registry

Interface IRegistryViewFilter

public interface IRegistryViewFilter

The registry view filter can control which entries are added and removed from an IRegistryView.

Since:

1.3

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isEntryRelevant(IQuerySpecificationRegistryEntry entry) This method controls whether a registry entry is added to the view or not.

Method Detail

isEntryRelevant

boolean isEntryRelevant(IQuerySpecificationRegistryEntry entry)

This method controls whether a registry entry is added to the view or not. The filtering is called before checking the uniqueness of fully qualified names, and relevant entries can overwrite existing entries with the same FQN. Note that filters should usually return the same value for the same entry on multiple invocations.

Parameters:

entry - that is checked

Returns:

true, if the entry is relevant for the view, false otherwise