BaseCriteria.java

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package org.opentides.bean;

/**
 * Base interface for evaluating an object for a given 
 * criteria. 
 * 
 * @author allantan
 *
 */
public interface BaseCriteria {

	/**
	 * Checks if the command can be evaluated for the given criteria.
	 * @param command
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean supports(BaseEntity command);
	
	/**
	 * Evaluates the command for this criteria.
	 * @param command
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean evaluate(BaseEntity command);
	
}