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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.helpers;
import org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.Archive;
import org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.strategy.SaveStrategy;
/**
* Object used for saving an archive with only a subset of its files. By default all files are
* saved. Clients can create a custom filter and set it on a save strategy, and call
* {@link Archive#save(SaveStrategy)}
*/
public interface SaveFilter {
/**
* Answer whether an element in the archive having the uri should be saved; the uri may be for a
* file, a nested archive, or a loaded mof resource
*/
public boolean shouldSave(String uri, Archive anArchive);
}