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package org.apache.neethi;
/**
* Assertions that need special consideration to implement
* the intersection algorithms should implement this interface.
*
* If an assertion does not implement this interface, the
* intersection algorithm will just check the qname of the
* assertion as well as the contained policy if the assertion
* implements the PolicyContainingAssertion interface. This
* is adequate for most use cases and per spec, but this
* interface allows an assertion to possibly consider special
* attributes or other details to determine the behavior
* for the intersection.
*/
public interface IntersectableAssertion extends Assertion {
boolean isCompatible(Assertion assertion, boolean strict);
Assertion intersect(Assertion assertion, boolean strict);
}