A ResultSetFilter is a custom Java class deployed to Unwired Server that manipulates rows and columns of data before synchronization.
Result set filters are more versatile (and more complicated to implement) than an attribute filter implemented through a synchronization parameter, since you must write code that implements the filter, instead of simply mapping a parameter to a column to use as the filter.
The client cannot distinguish between MBOs that have had their attributes transformed through a ResultSetFilter from those that have not.