| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2005 IBM Corporation 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: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.registry.tracker; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.equinox.registry.IExtensionPoint; |
| |
| /** |
| * A filter compares the given object to some pattern and returns true |
| * if the two match and false otherwise.. |
| * |
| * The API can be implemented by clients, however factory methods are |
| * available on IExtensionTracker. |
| * |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| public interface IFilter { |
| /** |
| * Return true if the given object matches the criteria for this filter |
| * @param target the object to match |
| * @return true if the target matches this filter, false otherwise |
| */ |
| public boolean matches(IExtensionPoint target); |
| } |
