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// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
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package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.regexp;
/**
* Represents a suppressor for matches.
* @author oliver
*/
public interface MatchSuppressor {
/**
* Checks if the specified selection should be suppressed.
* @param startLineNo the starting line number
* @param startColNo the starting column number
* @param endLineNo the ending line number
* @param endColNo the ending column number
* @return true if the positions intersects with a comment.
**/
boolean shouldSuppress(int startLineNo, int startColNo, int endLineNo,
int endColNo);
}