// HTMLParser Library $Name: v1_5 $ - A java-based parser for HTML
// http://sourceforge.org/projects/htmlparser
// Copyright (C) 2003 Derrick Oswald
//
// Revision Control Information
//
// $Source: /cvsroot/htmlparser/htmlparser/src/org/htmlparser/NodeFilter.java,v $
// $Author: derrickoswald $
// $Date: 2005/05/15 11:49:03 $
// $Revision: 1.4 $
//
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// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
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//

package org.htmlparser;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Implement this interface to select particular nodes.
 */
public interface NodeFilter
    extends
        Serializable,
        Cloneable
{
    /**
     * Predicate to determine whether or not to keep the given node.
     * The behaviour based on this outcome is determined by the context
     * in which it is called. It may lead to the node being added to a list
     * or printed out. See the calling routine for details.
     * @return <code>true</code> if the node is to be kept, <code>false</code>
     * if it is to be discarded.
     * @param node The node to test.
     */
    boolean accept (Node node);
}
