1 package org.apache.commons.digester3;
2
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21
22 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
23
24 /**
25 * Defines a functor interface implemented by classes that perform a predicate test
26 *
27 * @since 3.0
28 */
29 public interface RuleMatcher
30 {
31
32 /**
33 * Use the specified parameter to perform a test.
34 *
35 * @param namespace the namespace URI of the matching element, or an empty string if the parser is not namespace
36 * aware or the element has no namespace
37 * @param pattern Nesting pattern to be matched for this Rule
38 * @param name the local name if the parser is namespace aware, or just the element name otherwise
39 * @param attributes The attribute list of this element
40 * @return true, if the test succeeds, false otherwise
41 */
42 boolean match( String namespace, String pattern, String name, Attributes attributes );
43
44 }