1 /*
2 *
3 * The DbUnit Database Testing Framework
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5 *
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21 package org.dbunit.dataset.filter;
22
23 import org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException;
24 import org.dbunit.dataset.IDataSet;
25 import org.dbunit.dataset.ITableIterator;
26
27 /**
28 * Represents a strategy used by {@link org.dbunit.dataset.FilteredDataSet} to
29 * exposes only some tables from a dataset.
30 *
31 * @author Manuel Laflamme
32 * @since Mar 7, 2003
33 * @version $Revision$
34 */
35 public interface ITableFilter extends ITableFilterSimple
36 {
37
38 /**
39 * Returns the table names allowed by this filter from the specified dataset.
40 *
41 * @param dataSet the filtered dataset
42 */
43 public String[] getTableNames(IDataSet dataSet) throws DataSetException;
44
45 /**
46 * Returns iterator of tables allowed by this filter from the specified dataset.
47 *
48 * @param dataSet the filtered dataset
49 */
50 public ITableIterator iterator(IDataSet dataSet, boolean reversed)
51 throws DataSetException;
52 }