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* are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *
* Contributors:
* IBM - Initial API and implementation
**********************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.component.internalreference;
/**
* An <code>IInternalRules</code> object is responsible for determining
* if references within types are considered internal. This interface
* allows clients to customize of the internal reference tool to
* reflect their internal API rules.
*/
public interface IInternalRules {
/**
* Answers <code>true</code> if this set of rules dictates that
* the given reference is a reference to an internal type.
*
* @param referencedType the type reference that may be internal
* @param type the type from which the reference was made
* @param library the library from which the reference was made
* @param plugin the plugin from which the reference was made
* @return boolean <code>true</code> if the reference is an internal reference
*/
boolean isInternal(String referencedType, Type type, Library library, Plugin plugin);
}