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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.google.inject.matcher;

/**
 * Returns {@code true} or {@code false} for a given input.
 *
 * @author [email protected] (Bob Lee)
 */
public interface Matcher {

  /** Returns {@code true} if this matches {@code t}, {@code false} otherwise. */
  boolean matches(T t);

  /**
   * Returns a new matcher which returns {@code true} if both this and the given matcher return
   * {@code true}.
   */
  default Matcher and(Matcher other) {
    return new Matchers.AndMatcher(this, other);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new matcher which returns {@code true} if either this or the given matcher return
   * {@code true}.
   */
  default Matcher or(Matcher other) {
    return new Matchers.OrMatcher(this, other);
  }
}