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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);
}