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package gov.nist.core;
/** Match template for pattern matching.
*
*@version 1.2
*
*@author M. Ranganathan
*
*
*
*/
public interface Match {
/** Return true if a match occurs for searchString.
* This is used for pattern matching in the find and replace and match
* functions of the sipheaders and sdpfields packages. We have avoided
* picking a specific regexp package to avoid code dependencies.
* Use a package such as the jakarta regexp package to implement this.
*/
public boolean match(String searchString);
}