/*
* ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array
* (c) European Southern Observatory, 2002
* Copyright by ESO (in the framework of the ALMA collaboration)
* and Cosylab 2002, All rights reserved
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
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*/
package com.cosylab.logging.engine;
/**
* The interface for filterable objects
*
* @author acaproni
*
*/
public interface Filterable {
/**
*
* @return A vector of the filters in use
*/
public FiltersVector getFilters();
/**
* Set the filters.
* The new filters can replace or appended to the already exisiting filters.
*
* The new filters can be <code>null</code> to remove the filtering.
* For this purpose <code>append</code> must be <code>false</code>.
*
* @param newFilters The new vector of filters
* It can be <code>null</code> to remove the filtering
* @param append If <code>true</code> the filters are appended to the existing filters
*/
public void setFilters(FiltersVector newFilters, boolean append);
}