IModelElementFilter (EASy-Producer Documentation API)

Type Parameters:

M - Type of ContainableModelElements, which shall be handled by this class.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFrozenChecker, DeclarationNameFilter, FrozenCompoundConstraintsOmitter, FrozenConstraintsFilter, FrozenConstraintVarFilter, FrozenTypeDefResolver, ModelElementFilter
```
public interface IModelElementFilter<M extends ContainableModelElement>
```
Optional Rule how to handle elements of a Project, while creating a copy using the ProjectRewriteVisitor.

Author:

El-Sharkawy

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Class<? extends ContainableModelElement>`	`getModifyingModelClass()`	Specification for which kind of classes this may be applied to.
`ContainableModelElement`	`handleModelElement(ContainableModelElement element, RewriteContext context)`	Specification how to handle `ContainableModelElement`s.

- Method Detail
  - getModifyingModelClass
```
java.lang.Class<? extends ContainableModelElement> getModifyingModelClass()
```
    Specification for which kind of classes this may be applied to.
    
    Returns:
    
    The ContainableModelElements which shall be modified by this class.
  - handleModelElement
```
ContainableModelElement handleModelElement(ContainableModelElement element,
                                           RewriteContext context)
```
    Specification how to handle ContainableModelElements.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - A ContainableModelElement which may be modified by this class.
    
    context - Knowledge of the current translation, comes from the ProjectRewriteVisitor.
    
    Returns:
    
    The modified element. Maybe the same instance as passed as parameter (if nothing should be changed) or null if the element should be deleted.