ItemFilter (Crafter Core 4.0.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeItemFilter, ExcludeByUrlItemFilter, IncludeByUrlItemFilter
```
public interface ItemFilter
```
Interface for item filters. Used by ContentStoreServices to filter the items returned to the user of the API.

Author:

Sumer Jabri, Alfonso Vásquez

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`accepts(Item item, List<Item> acceptedItems, List<Item> rejectedItems, boolean runningBeforeProcessing)`	Return true if the given item is accepted by the filter.
`boolean`	`runAfterProcessing()`	Returns true if the filter should be executed after all items are processed (basically, after all `ItemProcessor` are called).
`boolean`	`runBeforeProcessing()`	Returns true if the filter should be executed before any item is processed (basically, before any `ItemProcessor` is called).

- Method Detail
  - runBeforeProcessing
```
boolean runBeforeProcessing()
```
    Returns true if the filter should be executed before any item is processed (basically, before any ItemProcessor is called).
  - runAfterProcessing
```
boolean runAfterProcessing()
```
    Returns true if the filter should be executed after all items are processed (basically, after all ItemProcessor are called).
  - accepts
```
boolean accepts(Item item,
                List<Item> acceptedItems,
                List<Item> rejectedItems,
                boolean runningBeforeProcessing)
```
    Return true if the given item is accepted by the filter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    item - the item to accept or reject
    
    acceptedItems - the list of the currently accepted items
    
    rejectedItems - the list of the currently rejected items
    
    runningBeforeProcessing - if the filter is running before processing (true) or after processing (false)