edu.stanford.nlp.util

Interface Filter<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArabicTreeNormalizer.ArabicEmptyFilter, ArrayStringFilter, BobChrisTreeNormalizer.AOverAFilter, BobChrisTreeNormalizer.EmptyFilter, Dependencies.DependentPuncTagRejectFilter, Dependencies.DependentPuncWordRejectFilter, FilterConfusingRules, Filters.ConjFilter, Filters.DisjFilter, Filters.RandomFilter, FrenchTreeNormalizer.FrenchAOverAFilter, HebrewTreeNormalizer.HebrewEmptyFilter, LengthTreeFilter, RegexStringFilter, SequenceMatchRules.AnnotationExtractRule, SequenceMatchRules.AnnotationMatchedFilter, TreeFilters.HasMatchingChild

public interface Filter<T>
extends Serializable

Filter is an interface for predicate objects which respond to the accept method.

Author:

Dan Klein

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(T obj) Checks if the given object passes the filter.

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(T obj)

Checks if the given object passes the filter.

Parameters:

obj - an object to test

Returns:

Whether the object should be accepted (for some processing)