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| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2010 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.update.search; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.update.core.*; |
| |
| /** |
| * Classes that implement this interface can be used to filter the |
| * results of the update search. |
| * <p> |
| * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to |
| * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback |
| * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken |
| * (repeatedly) as the API evolves. |
| * </p> |
| * @since 3.0 |
| * @deprecated The org.eclipse.update component has been replaced by Equinox p2. |
| * This API will be deleted in a future release. See bug 311590 for details. |
| */ |
| public interface IUpdateSearchFilter { |
| /** |
| * Tests a feature according to this filter's criteria. |
| * @param match the feature to test |
| * @return <samp>true</samp> if the feature has been accepted, <samp>false</samp> otherwise. |
| * @deprecated In 3.1 only the accept (IFeatureReference) will be used |
| */ |
| boolean accept(IFeature match); |
| |
| /** |
| * Tests a feature reference according to this filter's criteria. |
| * This is a prefilter that allows rejecting a feature before a potentially lengthy download. |
| * @param match the feature reference to test |
| * @return <samp>true</samp> if the feature reference has been accepted, <samp>false</samp> otherwise. |
| */ |
| boolean accept(IFeatureReference match); |
| } |