/*
* Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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*/
package com.google.inject.matcher;
/**
* Returns {@code true} or {@code false} for a given input.
*
* @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)
*/
public interface Matcher<T> {
/** Returns {@code true} if this matches {@code t}, {@code false} otherwise. */
boolean matches(T t);
/**
* Returns a new matcher which returns {@code true} if both this and the given matcher return
* {@code true}.
*/
Matcher<T> and(Matcher<? super T> other);
/**
* Returns a new matcher which returns {@code true} if either this or the given matcher return
* {@code true}.
*/
Matcher<T> or(Matcher<? super T> other);
}