IParticipantDescriptorFilter (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

```
public interface IParticipantDescriptorFilter
```
A participant descriptor filter allows clients to provide additional filters on participant selection.

Since:

3.2

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`NAME`	A constant indicating a name attribute (value: `name`)
`static java.lang.String`	`PARAM`	A constant indicating a param element (value: `param`)
`static java.lang.String`	`VALUE`	A constant indicating a value attribute (value: `value`)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`select(IConfigurationElement element, RefactoringStatus status)`	Returns whether the given element makes it through this filter.

- Field Detail
  - PARAM
```
static final java.lang.String PARAM
```
    A constant indicating a param element (value: param)
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - NAME
```
static final java.lang.String NAME
```
    A constant indicating a name attribute (value: name)
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - VALUE
```
static final java.lang.String VALUE
```
    A constant indicating a value attribute (value: value)
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - select
```
boolean select(IConfigurationElement element,
               RefactoringStatus status)
```
    Returns whether the given element makes it through this filter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - the configuration element describing the refactoring participant
    
    status - a RefactoringStatus to optionally add warning messages if the participant was not selected
    
    Returns:
    
    true if element is included, and false if excluded