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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);
}
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