Spring Framework example source code file (RootClassFilter.java)

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The Spring Framework RootClassFilter.java source code

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package org.springframework.aop.support;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.springframework.aop.ClassFilter;

/**
 * Simple ClassFilter implementation that passes classes (and optionally subclasses)
 * @author Rod Johnson
 */
public class RootClassFilter implements ClassFilter, Serializable {
	
	private Class clazz;
	
	// TODO inheritance
	
	public RootClassFilter(Class clazz) {
		this.clazz = clazz;
	}

	public boolean matches(Class candidate) {
		return clazz.isAssignableFrom(candidate);
	}

}