javax.cache.event

Interface CacheEntryEventFilter<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of keys maintained by the associated cache

V - the type of values maintained by the associated cache

public interface CacheEntryEventFilter<K,V>

A filter which may be used to check CacheEntryEvents prior to being dispatched to CacheEntryListeners.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Greg Luck, Brian Oliver

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	evaluate(CacheEntryEvent<? extends K,? extends V> event) Evaluates specified CacheEntryEvent.

Method Detail

evaluate

boolean evaluate(CacheEntryEvent<? extends K,? extends V> event)
                 throws CacheEntryListenerException

Evaluates specified CacheEntryEvent.

Parameters:

event - the event that occurred

Returns:

true if the evaluation passes, otherwise false. The effect of returning true is that listener will be invoked

Throws:

CacheEntryListenerException - if there is problem executing the listener