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package org.springframework.context.annotation;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata;
/**
* A single {@code condition} that must be {@linkplain #matches matched} in order
* for a component to be registered.
*
* Conditions are checked immediately before the bean-definition is due to be
* registered and are free to veto registration based on any criteria that can
* be determined at that point.
*
*
Conditions must follow the same restrictions as {@link BeanFactoryPostProcessor}
* and take care to never interact with bean instances. For more fine-grained control
* of conditions that interact with {@code @Configuration} beans consider the
* {@link ConfigurationCondition} interface.
*
* @author Phillip Webb
* @since 4.0
* @see ConfigurationCondition
* @see Conditional
* @see ConditionContext
*/
public interface Condition {
/**
* Determine if the condition matches.
* @param context the condition context
* @param metadata metadata of the {@link org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata class}
* or {@link org.springframework.core.type.MethodMetadata method} being checked.
* @return {@code true} if the condition matches and the component can be registered
* or {@code false} to veto registration.
*/
boolean matches(ConditionContext context, AnnotatedTypeMetadata metadata);
}