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/****************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2004, 2009 Composent, Inc. and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Composent, Inc. - initial API and implementation
*****************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ecf.remoteservice;
import org.osgi.framework.Filter;
/**
* Filter for remote service references.
*
*/
public interface IRemoteFilter extends Filter {
/**
* Filter using a remote service's properties.
* <p>
* The filter is executed using the keys and values of the referenced
* service's properties. The keys are case insensitively matched with the
* filter.
*
* @param reference
* The reference to the service whose properties are used in the
* match.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if the service's properties match this
* filter; <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
public boolean match(IRemoteServiceReference reference);
}