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package org.apache.avalon.excalibur.pool;

/**
 * Used to define an object which can be validated by a ValidatedResourceLimitingPool.
 *
 * @author Avalon Development Team
 * @version CVS $Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2004/03/29 16:50:37 $
 * @since 4.1
 */
public interface Validatable
    extends Poolable
{
    /**
     * Called when an object is retrieved from a ValidatedResourceLimitingPool for reuse.
     *
     * @return true if the object is ok.  false will cause the object to be discarded.
     */
    boolean validate();
}