| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2006, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, |
| * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| */ |
| |
| // Contributors: |
| // Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| // |
| package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.utility.filter; |
| |
| /** |
| * A filter is used to determine if a value can be "accepted" or "rejected". |
| * |
| * @version 2.3 |
| * @since 2.3 |
| */ |
| public interface Filter<T> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Determines whether the specified object is "accepted" by the filter. The semantics of "accept" |
| * is determined by the contract between the client and the server. |
| * |
| * @param value The value to filter |
| * @return <code>true</code> if the given value is "accepted" by this filter; <code>false</code> |
| * if it was "rejected" |
| */ |
| boolean accept(T value); |
| } |
