1 /** 2 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 France Telecom R&D 3 * 4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 7 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 8 * 9 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 12 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 13 * 14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 15 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 16 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 17 */ 18 package org.objectweb.perseus.persistence.api; 19 20 21 /** 22 * Permits to filter a CacheEntry. 23 * 24 * @author S.Chassande-Barrioz 25 */ 26 public interface StateFilter { 27 28 /** 29 * @param ce is the CacheEntry to examine. 30 * @return true if the CacheEntry parameter satisfies the criterias of the 31 * StateFilter implementation, otherwise false. 32 */ 33 boolean accept(State ce); 34 } 35