whole_func_string: function (config) {
          var me = this,
              columns = me.getGridPanel().columns,
              i, columnsLength, column, filtersLength, filter;
  
          
          for (i = 0, columnsLength = columns.length; i < columnsLength; i++) {
              column = columns[i];
              if (column.dataIndex === config.dataIndex) {
                  column.filter = config;
              }
          }
          
          if (me.view.headerCt.menu) {
              me.createFilters();
          } else {
              // Call getMenu() to ensure the menu is created, and so, also are the filters. We cannot call
              // createFilters() withouth having a menu because it will cause in a recursion to applyState()
              // that ends up to clear all the filter values. This is likely to happen when we reorder a column
              // and then add a new filter before the menu is recreated.
              me.view.headerCt.getMenu();
          }
          
          for (i = 0, filtersLength = me.filters.items.length; i < filtersLength; i++) {
              filter = me.filters.items[i];
              if (filter.dataIndex === config.dataIndex) {
                  return filter;
              }
          }
      }
func_code_string: function (config) {
          var me = this,
              columns = me.getGridPanel().columns,
              i, columnsLength, column, filtersLength, filter;
  
          
          for (i = 0, columnsLength = columns.length; i < columnsLength; i++) {
              column = columns[i];
              if (column.dataIndex === config.dataIndex) {
                  column.filter = config;
              }
          }
          
          if (me.view.headerCt.menu) {
              me.createFilters();
          } else {
              // Call getMenu() to ensure the menu is created, and so, also are the filters. We cannot call
              // createFilters() withouth having a menu because it will cause in a recursion to applyState()
              // that ends up to clear all the filter values. This is likely to happen when we reorder a column
              // and then add a new filter before the menu is recreated.
              me.view.headerCt.getMenu();
          }
          
          for (i = 0, filtersLength = me.filters.items.length; i < filtersLength; i++) {
              filter = me.filters.items[i];
              if (filter.dataIndex === config.dataIndex) {
                  return filter;
              }
          }
      }
func_documentation_string: Adds a filter to the collection and observes it for state change.
  @param {Object/Ext.ux.grid.filter.Filter} config A filter configuration or a filter object.
  @return {Ext.ux.grid.filter.Filter} The existing or newly created filter object.