Annotation Interface PreFilter
Annotation for specifying a method filtering expression which will be evaluated before
a method has been invoked. The name of the argument to be filtered is specified using
the filterTarget attribute. This must be a Java Collection implementation
which supports the
remove
method.
Pre-filtering isn't supported on array types and will fail if the value of named filter
target argument is null at runtime.
For methods which have a single argument which is a collection type, this argument will be used as the filter target.
The annotation value contains the expression which will be evaluated for each element in the collection. If the expression evaluates to false, the element will be removed. The reserved name "filterObject" can be used within the expression to refer to the current object which is being evaluated.
- Since:
- 3.0
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Required Element Summary
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Optional Element Summary
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Element Details
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value
String value- Returns:
- the Spring-EL expression to be evaluated before invoking the protected method
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filterTarget
String filterTarget- Returns:
- the name of the parameter which should be filtered (must be a non-null collection instance) If the method contains a single collection argument, then this attribute can be omitted.
- Default:
- ""
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