Interface Predicate<T>
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- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the input to the predicate
- Functional Interface:
- This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
@FunctionalInterface public interface Predicate<T>
Represents a predicate (boolean-valued function) of one argument.This is a functional interface whose functional method is
test(Object)
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- 1.8
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description default Predicate<T>
and(Predicate<? super T> other)
Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and another.static <T> Predicate<T>
isEqual(Object targetRef)
Returns a predicate that tests if two arguments are equal according toObjects.equals(Object, Object)
.default Predicate<T>
negate()
Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate.default Predicate<T>
or(Predicate<? super T> other)
Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and another.boolean
test(T t)
Evaluates this predicate on the given argument.
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Method Detail
test
boolean test(T t)
Evaluates this predicate on the given argument.- Parameters:
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t
- the input argument - Returns:
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true
if the input argument matches the predicate, otherwisefalse
and
default Predicate<T> and(Predicate<? super T> other)
Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and another. When evaluating the composed predicate, if this predicate isfalse
, then theother
predicate is not evaluated.Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the
other
predicate will not be evaluated.- Parameters:
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other
- a predicate that will be logically-ANDed with this predicate - Returns:
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a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and the
other
predicate - Throws:
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NullPointerException
- if other is null
negate
default Predicate<T> negate()
Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate.- Returns:
- a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate
or
default Predicate<T> or(Predicate<? super T> other)
Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and another. When evaluating the composed predicate, if this predicate istrue
, then theother
predicate is not evaluated.Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the
other
predicate will not be evaluated.- Parameters:
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other
- a predicate that will be logically-ORed with this predicate - Returns:
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a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and the
other
predicate - Throws:
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NullPointerException
- if other is null
isEqual
static <T> Predicate<T> isEqual(Object targetRef)
Returns a predicate that tests if two arguments are equal according toObjects.equals(Object, Object)
.- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of arguments to the predicate - Parameters:
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targetRef
- the object reference with which to compare for equality, which may benull
- Returns:
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a predicate that tests if two arguments are equal according to
Objects.equals(Object, Object)
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