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package com.intellij.util;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * A generic extension to enable plugging into various searches.
 * 
 * Consider extending {@link com.intellij.openapi.application.QueryExecutorBase} instead unless you know what you're doing.
 *
 * @author max
 */
public interface QueryExecutor {

  /**
   * Find some results according to queryParameters and feed them to consumer. If consumer returns false, stop.
   * @return false if the searching should be stopped immediately. This should happen only when consumer has returned false.
   */
  boolean execute(@NotNull Param queryParameters, @NotNull Processor consumer);
}