MatcherEditor (Glazed Lists)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMatcherEditor, AbstractMatcherEditorListenerSupport, CompositeMatcherEditor, RangeMatcherEditor, SearchEngineTextFieldMatcherEditor, SearchEngineTextMatcherEditor, TextComponentMatcherEditor, TextMatcherEditor, ThreadedMatcherEditor, ThresholdMatcherEditor
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public interface MatcherEditor<E>
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A facility for modifying the Matchers which specify the behaviour of a FilterList.
Although this interface is called an Editor, the implementor should create new Matcher instances on each change rather than modifying the existing Matchers. This is because Matchers work best when they are immutable. Further information on this immutability can be found in the Matcher Javadoc.

Author:

Rob Eden, Jesse Wilson, James Lemieux

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`MatcherEditor.Event<E>`	A MatcherEditor event models a change in the `MatcherEditor` that creates a new `Matcher`.
`static interface`	`MatcherEditor.Listener<E>`	A MatcherEditor.Listener handles changes fired by a `MatcherEditor`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addMatcherEditorListener(MatcherEditor.Listener<E> listener)`	Add a listener to be notified when this editor's `Matcher` changes.
`Matcher<E>`	`getMatcher()`	Return the current `Matcher` specified by this `MatcherEditor`.
`void`	`removeMatcherEditorListener(MatcherEditor.Listener<E> listener)`	Remove the listener so that it no longer receives notification when the `Matcher` changes.

- Method Detail
  - addMatcherEditorListener
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void addMatcherEditorListener(MatcherEditor.Listener<E> listener)
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    Add a listener to be notified when this editor's Matcher changes.
  - removeMatcherEditorListener
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void removeMatcherEditorListener(MatcherEditor.Listener<E> listener)
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    Remove the listener so that it no longer receives notification when the Matcher changes.
  - getMatcher
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Matcher<E> getMatcher()
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    Return the current Matcher specified by this MatcherEditor.
    
    Returns:
    
    a non-null Matcher.