diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9de9e91..4c7eb3e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async function myFunction() {
     await e.loadPolicy();
 
     // Check the permission.
-    e.enforce('alice', 'data1', 'read');
+    await e.enforce('alice', 'data1', 'read');
 
     // Modify the policy.
     // await e.addPolicy(...);
@@ -70,6 +70,46 @@ async function myFunction() {
 }
 ```
 
+## Simple Filter Example
+
+```typescript
+import { newEnforcer } from 'casbin';
+import TypeORMAdapter from 'typeorm-adapter';
+
+async function myFunction() {
+    // Initialize a TypeORM adapter and use it in a Node-Casbin enforcer:
+    // The adapter can not automatically create database.
+    // But the adapter will automatically and use the table named "casbin_rule".
+    // I think ORM should not automatically create databases.  
+    const a = await TypeORMAdapter.newAdapter({
+        type: 'mysql',
+        host: 'localhost',
+        port: 3306,
+        username: 'root',
+        password: '',
+        database: 'casbin',
+    });
+
+
+    const e = await newEnforcer('examples/rbac_model.conf', a);
+
+    // Load the filtered policy from DB.
+    await e.loadFilteredPolicy({
+        'ptype': 'p',
+        'v0': 'alice'
+    });
+
+    // Check the permission.
+    await e.enforce('alice', 'data1', 'read');
+
+    // Modify the policy.
+    // await e.addPolicy(...);
+    // await e.removePolicy(...);
+
+    // Save the policy back to DB.
+    await e.savePolicy();
+}
+```
 ## Getting Help
 
 - [Node-Casbin](https://github.com/casbin/node-casbin)
diff --git a/src/adapter.ts b/src/adapter.ts
index 71e1a76..b3cb6a2 100644
--- a/src/adapter.ts
+++ b/src/adapter.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-import {Adapter, Helper, Model} from 'casbin';
+import {Helper, Model, FilteredAdapter} from 'casbin';
 import {CasbinRule} from './casbinRule';
 import {Connection, ConnectionOptions, createConnection, getRepository, getConnection} from 'typeorm';
 import {CasbinMongoRule} from './casbinMongoRule';
@@ -21,16 +21,21 @@ type GenericCasbinRule = CasbinRule | CasbinMongoRule;
 type CasbinRuleConstructor = new (...args: any[]) => GenericCasbinRule;
 
 /**
- * TypeORMAdapter represents the TypeORM adapter for policy storage.
+ * TypeORMAdapter represents the TypeORM filtered adapter for policy storage.
  */
-export default class TypeORMAdapter implements Adapter {
+export default class TypeORMAdapter implements FilteredAdapter {
     private option: ConnectionOptions;
     private typeorm: Connection;
+    private filtered = false;
 
     private constructor(option: ConnectionOptions) {
         this.option = option;
     }
 
+    public isFiltered(): boolean {
+        return this.filtered;
+    }
+
     /**
      * newAdapter is the constructor.
      * @param option typeorm connection option
@@ -80,6 +85,15 @@ export default class TypeORMAdapter implements Adapter {
         }
     }
 
+    // Loading policies based on filter condition
+    public async loadFilteredPolicy(model: Model, filter: object) {
+        const filteredLines = await getRepository(this.getCasbinRuleConstructor(), this.option.name).find(filter);
+        for (const line of filteredLines) {
+            this.loadPolicyLine(line, model);
+        }
+        this.filtered = true;
+    }
+
     private savePolicyLine(ptype: string, rule: string[]): GenericCasbinRule {
         const line = new (this.getCasbinRuleConstructor())();
 
diff --git a/test/adapter.test.ts b/test/adapter.test.ts
index 63d5ae2..40a744f 100644
--- a/test/adapter.test.ts
+++ b/test/adapter.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ function testGetPolicy(e: Enforcer, res: string[][]) {
     expect(Util.array2DEquals(res, myRes)).toBe(true);
 }
 
+function testGetFilteredPolicy(e: Enforcer, res: string[]) {
+    const myRes = e.getFilteredNamedPolicy('p', 0, 'alice')[0];
+    expect(Util.arrayEquals(res, myRes)).toBe(true);
+}
+
 test('TestAdapter', async () => {
     const a = await TypeORMAdapter.newAdapter({
         type: 'mysql',
@@ -66,6 +71,10 @@ test('TestAdapter', async () => {
             ['data2_admin', 'data2', 'read'],
             ['data2_admin', 'data2', 'write']]);
 
+        // load filtered policies
+        await a.loadFilteredPolicy(e.getModel(), { ptype: 'p', v0: 'alice'});
+        testGetFilteredPolicy(e, ['alice', 'data1', 'read']);
+
         // Add policy to DB
         await a.addPolicy('', 'p', ['role', 'res', 'action']);
         e = await Enforcer.newEnforcer('examples/rbac_model.conf', a);