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package org.fabric3.spi.contribution;

/**
 * Introspects a {@link ResourceElement} to determine if it references another resource element. Implementations are responsible for a specific
 * resource type, such as a composite, XSD, or WSDL.
 */
public interface ReferenceIntrospector {

    /**
     * Returns true if the refers resource element references the referred resource element.
     *
     * @param referred the referenced resource element
     * @param refers   the resource element to check for references
     * @return true if the refers resource element references the referred resource element
     */
    boolean references(ResourceElement referred, ResourceElement refers);

}