/*
* Created on Jan 19, 2006 Copyright (C) 2001-5, Anthony Harrison anh23@pitt.edu
* (jactr.org) 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 org.jactr.io.participant;
import org.antlr.runtime.tree.CommonTree;
/**
* used to specify whether or not a specific CommonTree element should be output
* by a code generator.<br>
* <br>
* The name is a bit of a misnomer and should probably be changed. The
* CommonTree describing the model does not change.
*
* @author developer
*/
public interface IASTTrimmer
{
/**
* during the walking of the CommonTree describing the model, this will be
* called for each visited node. If it returns true, the code for the element
* will not be generated.<br>
* <br>
* in the case of nodes describing chunktypes, the chunk children will still
* be visited.
*
* @param element
* @return
*/
public boolean shouldIgnore(CommonTree element);
}