1 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
3 // Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Oliver Burn
4 //
5 // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 // version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 //
10 // This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 // Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 //
15 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 // License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17 // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
20
21 /**
22 * An interface for filtering AuditEvents.
23 * @author Rick Giles
24 */
25 public interface Filter
26
27 {
28 /**
29 * Determines whether or not a filtered AuditEvent is accepted.
30 * @param event the AuditEvent to filter.
31 * @return true if the event is accepted.
32 */
33 boolean accept(AuditEvent event);
34 }