NotNullPredicate (Commons Collections 3.2.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.collections.functors.NotNullPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Predicate
```
public final class NotNullPredicate
extends Object
implements Predicate, Serializable
```
Predicate implementation that returns true if the input is not null.

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0

Version:

$Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 14:33:15 +0200 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $

Author:

Stephen Colebourne

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static Predicate INSTANCE
Singleton predicate instance

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`evaluate(Object object)`	Evaluates the predicate returning true if the object does not equal null.
`static Predicate`	`getInstance()`	Factory returning the singleton instance.

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

- Field Detail
  - INSTANCE
```
public static final Predicate INSTANCE
```
    Singleton predicate instance
- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static Predicate getInstance()
```
    Factory returning the singleton instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    the singleton instance
    
    Since:
    
    Commons Collections 3.1
  - evaluate
```
public boolean evaluate(Object object)
```
    Evaluates the predicate returning true if the object does not equal null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    evaluate in interface Predicate
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object to evaluate
    
    Returns:
    
    true if not null