/*
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* Copyright (C) 2006 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved. *
* http://www.espertech.com/esper *
* http://www.espertech.com *
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license *
* a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file. *
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*/
package com.espertech.esper.filter;
import com.espertech.esper.client.EventType;
import java.io.StringWriter;
/**
* Contains the filter criteria to sift through events. The filter criteria are the event class to look for and
* a set of parameters (property names, operators and constant/range values).
*/
public interface FilterValueSet {
/**
* Returns type of event to filter for.
*
* @return event type
*/
public EventType getEventType();
/**
* Returns list of filter parameters.
*
* @return list of filter params
*/
public FilterValueSetParam[][] getParameters();
public void appendTo(StringWriter writer);
}