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017
018package org.apache.commons.net.ftp;
019
020/**
021 * Performs filtering on {@link FTPFile} instances.
022 *
023 * @since 2.2
024 */
025public interface FTPFileFilter {
026
027    /**
028     * Checks if an FTPFile entry should be included or not.
029     *
030     * @param file entry to be checked for inclusion. May be {@code null}.
031     * @return {@code true} if the file is to be included, {@code false} otherwise.
032     */
033    boolean accept(FTPFile file);
034}