RowSelectionPolicy.java

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package gobblin.audit.values.policy.row;

import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;

/**
 * An interface to decide if a row needs to be audited
 */
public interface RowSelectionPolicy {

  /**
   * Finds if this <code>genericRecord</code> needs to be audited
   *
   * @param inputRecord to be audited
   * @return <code>true</code> if <code>inputRecord</code> needs to be audited <code>false</code> otherwise
   */
  public boolean shouldSelectRow(GenericRecord inputRecord);

}