Package org.cometd.server.filter

Interface DataFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

JSONDataFilter, NoMarkupFilter, NoScriptsFilter, RegexFilter

public interface DataFilter

A filter that can add, modify or remove fields from the message data.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	DataFilter.AbortException	Aborts the filtering of the message data.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	filter(ServerSession session, ServerChannel channel, Object data)	Modifies the given message data.

Method Detail

filter

Object filter(ServerSession session,
              ServerChannel channel,
              Object data)
       throws DataFilter.AbortException

Modifies the given message data.

Returning null or throwing DataFilter.AbortException results in the message processing being interrupted and the message itself discarded.

If the returned object is different (as returned by the != operator) from the data parameter then it is set as the new message data via Message.Mutable.setData(Object).

Parameters:

session - the ServerSession that sends the data

channel - the channel the data is being sent on

data - the data being sent

Returns:

the transformed data or null if the message should be ignored

Throws:

DataFilter.AbortException - to abort the filtering of the data