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| * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 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.core.runtime.dynamichelpers; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionPoint; |
| |
| /** |
| * A filter compares the given object to some pattern and returns |
| * <code>true</code> if the two match and <code>false</code> otherwise. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface may be implemented by clients, however factory methods are |
| * available on IExtensionTracker. |
| * </p><p> |
| * This interface can be used without OSGi running. |
| * </p> |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| public interface IFilter { |
| /** |
| * Return <code>true</code> if the given object matches the criteria |
| * for this filter. |
| * |
| * @param target the object to match |
| * @return <code>true</code> if the target matches this filter |
| * and <code>false</code> otherwise |
| */ |
| public boolean matches(IExtensionPoint target); |
| } |
