TableFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ColumnBasedTableFilter, CombinedTableFilter, InvertedTableFilter, MultiTextFilterTableFilter, NullTableFilter, TableTextFilter
```
public interface TableFilter<ROW_OBJECT>
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`acceptsRow(ROW_OBJECT rowObject)`	Returns true if this filter matches the given row (data)
`default boolean`	`hasColumnFilter(int columnModelIndex)`	Returns true if the there is a column filter on the column specified
`default boolean`	`isEmpty()`	A method that allows filters to report that they have nothing to actually filter.
`boolean`	`isSubFilterOf(TableFilter<?> tableFilter)`	Returns true if this filter is a more specific version of the given filter.

- Method Detail
  - acceptsRow
```
boolean acceptsRow(ROW_OBJECT rowObject)
```
    Returns true if this filter matches the given row (data)
    
    Parameters:
    
    rowObject - the current row object
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the element at the given row matches this filter.
  - isSubFilterOf
```
boolean isSubFilterOf(TableFilter<?> tableFilter)
```
    Returns true if this filter is a more specific version of the given filter.
    For example, if this filter is a 'starts with' text filter, with the value of 'bobo', then if the given filter is also a 'starts with' filter, with a value of 'bob', then this filter is considered a sub-filter of the given sub-filter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tableFilter - the filter to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this filter is a sub-filter of the given filter
  - hasColumnFilter
```
default boolean hasColumnFilter(int columnModelIndex)
```
    Returns true if the there is a column filter on the column specified
    
    Parameters:
    
    columnModelIndex - the model index of the column to test for column filters.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the there is a column filter on the column specified.
  - isEmpty
```
default boolean isEmpty()
```
    A method that allows filters to report that they have nothing to actually filter. This is useful for empty/null filters.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this filter will not perform any filtering