DataTableFilterCondition.java

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package com.rapidminer.datatable;

/**
 * This is the interface of conditions for FilteredDataTables. They might be stacked in order to
 * decide which examples should be kept.
 * 
 * @author Sebastian Land
 * 
 */
public interface DataTableFilterCondition {

	/**
	 * This method decides if the given data row is kept or filtered out. If return true, the row
	 * will be in the resulting filtered data set. If returns false, the row will be removed in the
	 * resulting set.
	 */
	public boolean keepRow(DataTableRow row);

}