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1 /*
2
3    Derby - Class com.ihost.cs.Matchable
4
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20  */
21
22 package org.apache.derby.iapi.util;
23
24 /**
25     Provides the ability for an object to
26     match a subset of a group of other objects.
27     E.g in a cache.
28 */
29 public interface Matchable {
30
31     /**
32         Return true if the passed in object matches
33         this object.
34     */
35     public boolean match(Object JavaDoc other);
36 }
37
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