/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2007, 2014 compeople AG and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* compeople AG - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.riena.ui.filter;
/**
* A filter rule can modify an UI element (e.g. the marker of a ridget or the
* visibility of a navigation node).
*/
public interface IUIFilterRule {
/**
* Returns whether the given object(s) matches the conditions of this rule.
*
* @param args
* object(s) to check
* @return {@code true} if the given object matches; otherwise {@code false}
*/
boolean matches(Object... args);
/**
* Modifies the given object.
*
* @param object
* object to modify
*/
void apply(Object object);
/**
* Removes this modification from the given object.
*
* @param object
* object whose modification will be removed
*/
void remove(Object object);
}