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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.jcr.observation.filter;

import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.observation.JackrabbitEventFilter;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.jcr.observation.OakEventFilterImpl;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.jcr.observation.ObservationManagerImpl;

/**
 * Static factory that allows wrapping a JackrabbitEventFilter into an
 * OakEventFilter that contains some oak specific extensions.
 * <p>
 * The resulting filter can subsequently be used in
 * ObservationManagerImpl.addEventListener as usual.
 * 
 * @see ObservationManagerImpl#addEventListener(javax.jcr.observation.EventListener,
 *      JackrabbitEventFilter)
 */
public class FilterFactory {

    /**
     * Wrap a JackrabbitEventFilter into its corresponding oak extension,
     * OakEventFilter, on which some Oak specific observation filter extensions
     * can then be used.
     * 
     * @param baseFilter
     *            the base filter which contains other properties. Changes to
     *            the resulting oak filter "write-through" to the underlying
     *            baseFilter (for the features covered by the underlying) and
     *            similarly changes to the baseFilter are seen by the resulting
     *            oak filter. Note that this "write-through" behavior does no 
     *            longer apply after a listener was registered, ie changing
     *            a filter after registration doesn't alter it for that listener.
     * @return an OakEventFilter upon which Oak specific observation filtering
     *         extensions can be activated and then used when adding an
     *         EventListener with the ObservationManagerImpl.
     */
    public static OakEventFilter wrap(JackrabbitEventFilter baseFilter) {
        return new OakEventFilterImpl(baseFilter);
    }
}