Package javax.cache.event

Interface CacheEntryEventFilter<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of key

V - the type of value

public interface CacheEntryEventFilter<K,V>

A function that may be used to check CacheEntryEvents prior to being dispatched to CacheEntryListeners.

A filter must not create side effects.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Greg Luck, Brian Oliver

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	evaluate(CacheEntryEvent<? extends K,? extends V> event)	Evaluates specified CacheEntryEvent.

Method Detail

evaluate

boolean evaluate(CacheEntryEvent<? extends K,? extends V> event)
          throws CacheEntryListenerException

Evaluates specified CacheEntryEvent.

Parameters:

event - the event that occurred

Returns:

true if the evaluation passes, otherwise false. The effect of returning true is that listener will be invoked

Throws:

CacheEntryListenerException - if there is problem executing the listener