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25
26package javax.xml.stream;
27
28import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
29
30/**
31 * This interface declares a simple filter interface that one can
32 * create to filter XMLEventReaders
33 * @version 1.0
34 * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
35 * @since 1.6
36 */
37public interface EventFilter {
38  /**
39   * Tests whether this event is part of this stream.  This method
40   * will return true if this filter accepts this event and false
41   * otherwise.
42   *
43   * @param event the event to test
44   * @return true if this filter accepts this event, false otherwise
45   */
46  public boolean accept(XMLEvent event);
47}
48