IndexingQueryFilter.java

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package org.apache.ignite.spi.indexing;

import org.apache.ignite.lang.IgniteBiPredicate;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Cache entry filter.
 */
public interface IndexingQueryFilter {
    /**
     * Creates optional predicate for space.
     *
     * @param spaceName Space name.
     * @return Predicate or {@code null} if no filtering is needed.
     */
    @Nullable public <K, V> IgniteBiPredicate<K, V> forSpace(String spaceName);

    /**
     * Is the value required for filtering logic?
     * If false then null instead of value will be passed
     * to IgniteBiPredicate returned by {@link #forSpace(String)} method.
     *
     * @return true if value is required for filtering, false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean isValueRequired();
}