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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
+ * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
+ * copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
+ * either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing permissions and limitations under the
+ * License.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.service.namespace;
+
+
+/**
+ * Provides pattern matching against {@link org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName qnames}.
+ * <p>
+ * Implementations will use different mechanisms to match against the
+ * {@link org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName#getNamespaceURI() namespace} and
+ * {@link org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName#getLocalName()() localname}.
+ * 
+ * @see org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName
+ * 
+ * @author Derek Hulley
+ */
+public interface QNamePattern
+{
+    /**
+     * Checks if the given qualified name matches the pattern represented
+     * by this instance
+     * 
+     * @param qname the instance to check
+     * @return Returns true if the qname matches this pattern
+     */
+    public boolean isMatch(QName qname);
+}