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 * Copyright (c) 2015. Univocity Software Pty Ltd
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 

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package com.univocity.parsers.common.processor;

/**
 * Interface used by {@link InputValueSwitch} to allow users to to provide custom matching rules against input values.
 */
public interface CustomMatcher {

	/**
	 * Matches a parsed value against a user provided rule (implementation provided by the user)
	 * @param value the value to be matched
	 * @return {@code true} if the given value matches the user provided rule, otherwise {@code false}
	 */
	boolean matches(String value);
}