001////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
002// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
003// Copyright (C) 2001-2014  Oliver Burn
004//
005// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
006// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
007// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
008// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
009//
010// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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013// Lesser General Public License for more details.
014//
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016// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
017// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
018////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
019package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
020
021/**
022 * An interface for filtering AuditEvents.
023 * @author Rick Giles
024 */
025public interface Filter
026
027{
028    /**
029     * Determines whether or not a filtered AuditEvent is accepted.
030     * @param event the AuditEvent to filter.
031     * @return true if the event is accepted.
032     */
033    boolean accept(AuditEvent event);
034}