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/*
* Hibernate Validator, declare and validate application constraints
*
* License: Apache License, Version 2.0
* See the license.txt file in the root directory or .
*/
package org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.classhierarchy;
/**
* A filter to be used when invoking
* {@link ClassHierarchyHelper#getHierarchy(Class, Filter...)}.
*
* @author Gunnar Morling
*/
public interface Filter {
/**
* Whether the given class is accepted by this filter or not.
*
* @param clazz the class of interest
*
* @return {@code true} if this filter accepts the given class (meaning it
* will be contained in the result of
* {@link ClassHierarchyHelper#getHierarchy(Class, Filter...)},
* {@code false} otherwise.
*/
boolean accepts(Class clazz);
}