TextFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPatternTextFilter, ContainsTextFilter, FindsPatternTextFilter, InvertedTextFilter, MatchesExactlyTextFilter, MatchesPatternTextFilter, StartsWithTextFilter
```
public interface TextFilter
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getFilterText()`
`boolean`	`isSubFilterOf(TextFilter filter)`	Returns true if this filter is a more specific filter of the given filter.
`boolean`	`matches(java.lang.String text)`

- Method Detail
  - matches
```
boolean matches(java.lang.String text)
```
  - getFilterText
```
java.lang.String getFilterText()
```
  - isSubFilterOf
```
boolean isSubFilterOf(TextFilter filter)
```
    Returns true if this filter is a more specific filter of the given filter. This is specific to the implementation. Some filters cannot be sub-filters of another filter, such as the 'matches exactly' filter. Contrastingly, a 'starts with' filter can have a sub-filter; for example, for a 'starts with' filter, 'cat' is a sub-filter of 'ca', as 'cat' starts with 'ca'.
    
    Parameters:
    
    filter - the potential parent filter
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this filter is a more specific filter of the given filter.