Package org.openhab.core.events

Class TopicGlobEventFilter

java.lang.Object

org.openhab.core.events.TopicGlobEventFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventFilter

@NonNullByDefault
public class TopicGlobEventFilter
extends Object
implements EventFilter

The TopicGlobEventFilter is a default openHAB EventFilter implementation that ensures filtering of events based on an event topic. The syntax for the filter is the glob syntax documented at https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/nio/file/FileSystem.html#getPathMatcher(java.lang.String)

Author:

Cody Cutrer - Initial contribution

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TopicGlobEventFilter(String topicGlob)	Constructs a new topic event filter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	apply(Event event)	Apply the filter on an event.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

TopicGlobEventFilter

public TopicGlobEventFilter(String topicGlob)

Constructs a new topic event filter.

Parameters:

topicGlob - the glob

See Also:

• Java Glob

Method Details

apply

public boolean apply(Event event)

Description copied from interface: EventFilter

Apply the filter on an event.

This method is called for each subscribed Event of an EventSubscriber. If the filter applies, the event will be dispatched to the EventSubscriber.receive(Event) method.

Specified by:

apply in interface EventFilter

Parameters:

event - the event (not null)

Returns:

true if the filter criterion applies