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    IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation

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 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
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 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.core.runtime.dynamichelpers;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionPoint;


A filter compares the given object to some pattern and returns
true if the two match and false otherwise.


This interface may be implemented by clients, however factory methods are
available on IExtensionTracker.


This interface can be used without OSGi running.



Since:3.1
/**
 * A filter compares the given object to some pattern and returns
 * <code>true</code> if the two match and <code>false</code> otherwise.
 * <p>
 * This interface may be implemented by clients, however factory methods are
 * available on IExtensionTracker.
 * </p><p>
 * This interface can be used without OSGi running.
 * </p>
 * @since 3.1
 */
public interface IFilter {
	
Return true if the given object matches the criteria
for this filter.

Params:
  • target – the object to match
Returns:true if the target matches this filter
	and false otherwise
/**
	 * Return <code>true</code> if the given object matches the criteria
	 * for this filter.
	 *
	 * @param target the object to match
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the target matches this filter
	 * 	and <code>false</code> otherwise
	 */
	public boolean matches(IExtensionPoint target);
}