1 /***
2 * Copyright 2003-2010 Terracotta, Inc.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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15 */
16 package net.sf.ehcache.writer.writebehind;
17
18 import java.util.List;
19
20 /***
21 * An interface for implementing a filter for operations before they are processed. By filtering the outstanding
22 * operations it's for example possible to remove scheduled work before it's actually executed.
23 *
24 * @param <T> the operation type that is used by the filter
25 * @author Geert Bevin
26 * @version $Id: OperationsFilter.html 13146 2011-08-01 17:12:39Z oletizi $
27 */
28 public interface OperationsFilter<T> {
29 /***
30 * Filter the operations of a write behind queue.
31 *
32 * @param operations the operations to filter
33 * @param converter the converter to use for each operation
34 */
35 public void filter(List operations, OperationConverter<T> converter);
36 }