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package org.springframework.core.type.filter;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.springframework.core.type.ClassMetadata;
import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
/**
* Type filter that exposes a
* {@link org.springframework.core.type.ClassMetadata} object
* to subclasses, for class testing purposes.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
* @author Costin Leau
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 2.5
* @see #match(org.springframework.core.type.ClassMetadata)
*/
public abstract class AbstractClassTestingTypeFilter implements TypeFilter {
public final boolean match(MetadataReader metadataReader, MetadataReaderFactory metadataReaderFactory)
throws IOException {
return match(metadataReader.getClassMetadata());
}
/**
* Determine a match based on the given ClassMetadata object.
* @param metadata the ClassMetadata object
* @return whether this filter matches on the specified type
*/
protected abstract boolean match(ClassMetadata metadata);
}