AbstractVeniceFilter (venice API)

java.lang.Object
- com.linkedin.venice.hadoop.AbstractVeniceFilter<INPUT_VALUE>

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable

Direct Known Subclasses:

VeniceRmdTTLFilter
```
public abstract class AbstractVeniceFilter<INPUT_VALUE>
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Closeable
```
An abstraction to filter given data type. It can be used in conjunction with FilterChain.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractVeniceFilter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`checkAndMaybeFilterValue(INPUT_VALUE value)`	This function implements how to parse the value and determine if filtering is needed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
close

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractVeniceFilter
```
public AbstractVeniceFilter()
```
- Method Detail
  - checkAndMaybeFilterValue
```
public abstract boolean checkAndMaybeFilterValue(INPUT_VALUE value)
```
    This function implements how to parse the value and determine if filtering is needed. For certain value from Active/Active partial update enabled stores, it might filter out part of its input value and only keep the remaining fresh part based on filter timestamp.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the value should be filtered out, otherwise false.