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/*
* Copyright (c) 2003 by BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*/
package javax.xml.stream;
/**
* This interface declares a simple filter interface that one can
* create to filter XMLStreamReaders
* @author Copyright (c) 2003 by BEA Systems. All Rights Reserved.
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface StreamFilter {
/**
* Tests whether the current state is part of this stream. This method
* will return true if this filter accepts this event and false otherwise.
*
* The method should not change the state of the reader when accepting
* a state.
*
* @param reader the event to test
* @return true if this filter accepts this event, false otherwise
*/
public boolean accept(XMLStreamReader reader);
}