001/* 002 * SonarQube 003 * Copyright (C) 2009-2018 SonarSource SA 004 * mailto:info AT sonarsource DOT com 005 * 006 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 007 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 008 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 009 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 010 * 011 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 015 * 016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 017 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 018 * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 019 */ 020package org.sonar.api.scan.issue.filter; 021 022import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe; 023 024/** 025 * A filter chain is an object provided to issues filters for fine control over the filtering logic. Each filter has the choice to: 026 * <ul> 027 * <li>Accept the issue</li> 028 * <li>Reject the issue</li> 029 * <li>Let downstream filters decide by passing the issue to the rest of the chain</li> 030 * </ul> 031 * 032 * @since 5.3 033 */ 034@ThreadSafe 035public interface IssueFilterChain { 036 /** 037 * Called by a filter to let downstream filters decide the fate of the issue 038 */ 039 boolean accept(FilterableIssue issue); 040}