/* Copyright (C) 2006 Christian Schneider
*
* This file is part of Nomad.
*
* Nomad is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Nomad is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with Nomad; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package net.sf.nmedit.jpatch.util;
public interface ObjectFilter<T>
{
/**
* Returns an object which identifies this filter and it's configuration.
* This allows caching the filtered results.
*
* If the filter does not depend on parameters than the filter class
* should be returned.
*/
Object getIdentifier();
/**
* Returns true if the specified object is accepted or false otherwise.
*/
boolean accepts(T o);
}