/*
*
* SchemaCrawler
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/schemacrawler
* Copyright (c) 2000-2013, Sualeh Fatehi.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
* of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
* library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
*/
package schemacrawler.schemacrawler;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Specifies inclusion and exclusion patterns that can be applied to the
* names, definitions, and other attributes of named objects.
*
* @author Sualeh Fatehi
*/
// @FunctionalInterface
public interface InclusionRule
extends Serializable
{
/**
* Checks whether to include a named object.
*
* @param text
* Text to check, which could be the fully qualified name of
* the named object, the definition, or some other attribute of
* the named object.
* @return Whether the text qualifies the named object for inclusion
* or not
*/
boolean include(final String text);
}