001/*
002 * Copyright 2001 (C) MetaStuff, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
003 * 
004 * This software is open source. 
005 * See the bottom of this file for the licence.
006 * 
007 * $Id: NodeFilter.java,v 1.2 2001/02/26 12:44:40 jstrachan Exp $
008 */
009
010package org.dom4j;
011
012/** <p><code>NodeFilter</code> defines the behavior for
013  * a filter or predicate which acts on a DOM4J Node.
014  * Instances can be generated from an {@link DocumentFactory}.</p>
015  *
016  * @author <a href="mailto:james.strachan@metastuff.com">James Strachan</a>
017  * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
018  */
019public interface NodeFilter {
020
021    /** <p><code>matches</code> returns true if the given node matches 
022      * the filter condition.</p>
023      *
024      * @return true if this filter matches the given node
025      */
026    public boolean matches(Node node);
027
028}
029
030
031
032
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074 *
075 * $Id: NodeFilter.java,v 1.2 2001/02/26 12:44:40 jstrachan Exp $
076 */