org.eclipse.emfforms.common.spi.validation.filter

Interface ObjectFilter

All Superinterfaces:

ValidationFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractComplexFilter, AbstractSimpleFilter

public interface ObjectFilter
extends ValidationFilter

Filter interface which allows to skip validation for certain EObjects or to ignore Diagnostics reported by EValidators and Validators. See ValidationService#registerValidationFilter(ValidationFilter).

Author:

Mat Hansen

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	skipValidation(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject) Return true if the given EObject should NOT be validated.

Method Detail

skipValidation

boolean skipValidation(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject)

Return true if the given EObject should NOT be validated.

Parameters:

eObject - the EObject about to be validated

Returns:

true if the given EObject should be skipped during validation. Note: if you use ValidationService#validate(java.util.Iterator) in conjunction with a TreeIterator all eContents of the given EObject will be skipped as well.