AbstractCriteriaProvider (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.help.AbstractCriteriaProvider

```
public abstract class AbstractCriteriaProvider
extends Object
```
AbstractCriteriaProvider is a mechanism for assigning criteria to ITopic and IToc elements independent of a table of contents file. The criteria defined by this class are merged with those from the table of contents or from other criteria providers by creating a union of defined criteria and defined criteria values.

Since:

3.5

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractCriteriaProvider()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract ICriteria[]`	`getCriteria(IToc toc)`	Gets criteria for a table of contents
`abstract ICriteria[]`	`getCriteria(ITopic topic)`	Gets criteria for a topic

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

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractCriteriaProvider
```
public AbstractCriteriaProvider()
```
- Method Detail
  - getCriteria
```
public abstract ICriteria[] getCriteria(ITopic topic)
```
    Gets criteria for a topic
    
    Parameters:
    
    topic - a topic from a table of contents or index
    
    Returns:
    
    an array of criteria which will be added to those already defined in the table of contents file
  - getCriteria
```
public abstract ICriteria[] getCriteria(IToc toc)
```
    Gets criteria for a table of contents
    
    Parameters:
    
    toc - a table of contents
    
    Returns:
    
    an array of criteria which will be added to those already defined in the table of contents file