ClassFilter.java

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package org.jboss.modules.filter;

/**
 * Filter used to determine whether a class name should be included or excluded from imports and exports.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:david.lloyd@redhat.com">David M. Lloyd</a>
 */
public interface ClassFilter {

    /**
     * Determine whether a class name should be accepted by this filter.  The class name is qualified with a dot-separated
     * package name.
     *
     * @param className the class name
     * @return {@code true} to accept the class, {@code false} otherwise
     */
    boolean accept(String className);
}