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package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.base;

import jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * Determines a true or false value for a given input.
 *
 * 

The {@link Predicates} class provides common predicates and related utilities. * *

See the Guava User Guide article on the use of {@code * Predicate}. * * @author Kevin Bourrillion * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library) */ @GwtCompatible public interface Predicate { /** * Returns the result of applying this predicate to {@code input}. This method is generally * expected, but not absolutely required, to have the following properties: * *

    *
  • Its execution does not cause any observable side effects. *
  • The computation is consistent with equals; that is, {@link Objects#equal * Objects.equal}{@code (a, b)} implies that {@code predicate.apply(a) == * predicate.apply(b))}. *
* * @throws NullPointerException if {@code input} is null and this predicate does not accept null * arguments */ boolean apply(@Nullable T input); /** * Indicates whether another object is equal to this predicate. * *

Most implementations will have no reason to override the behavior of {@link Object#equals}. * However, an implementation may also choose to return {@code true} whenever {@code object} is a * {@link Predicate} that it considers interchangeable with this one. "Interchangeable" * typically means that {@code this.apply(t) == that.apply(t)} for all {@code t} of type * {@code T}). Note that a {@code false} result from this method does not imply that the * predicates are known not to be interchangeable. */ @Override boolean equals(@Nullable Object object); }





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