Ptidej-v5.2-master/POM Tests/data/ArgoUML_0.28/src/org/argouml/util/Predicate.java
// $Id: Predicate.java 15579 2008-08-18 21:41:39Z tfmorris $
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package org.argouml.util;

/**
 * Interface for objects that act as predicate functions. Based on
 * {@link gef.util.Predicate} by Jason Robbins, but uses <code>evaluate</code>
 * instead of <code>predicate</code> for better compatibility with other
 * implementations.
 * 
 * @author Tom Morris
 */
public interface Predicate {

    /**
     * Evaluate the predicate for the given object and return true or false.
     * 
     * @param object object to be tested
     * @return boolean indicating whether predicate evaluated true or false.
     */
    public boolean evaluate(Object object);
}
