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New Filter Dialog

The dialog box opens when you click add class pattern in the Class Filter or Class Exclusion Filter area of the Class Filters dialog box.

In this dialog box, specify class patterns that identify the classes to be included in the currently configured class filter.

A class pattern points at the classes whose fully qualified names match the pattern. The subclasses of such classes are included in a filter only if their fully qualified names also match the specified pattern.

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Enter the filter pattern In this text box, specify the class pattern. A class pattern may start or end with an asterisk (*), which stands for any number (including zero) of any characters. The patterns are matched against fully qualified class names.

Yoy can type a pattern manually or click the Browse button browseButton.png to open the Choose Class dialog box, locate the classes to be defined through the pattern, and compose the pattern based on this prompt. You can search for classes both by their names or in the project tree view.

Last modified: 6 March 2018

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