IMethodFilter.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.java;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IMethod;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface are able to filter given {@link IMethod}s
 * during a search.
 * @author Christian Dupuis
 * @since 2.0.2
 */
public interface IMethodFilter {
	
	/**
	 * Check if the given {@link IMethod} matches this filter.
	 * @param method the method to filter
	 * @param prefix an optional method name prefix
	 * @return true if this filter matches on the given {@link IMethod}
	 */
	boolean matches(IMethod method, String prefix);
}