ghidra-master/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/util/bytesearch/PatternFactory.java
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package ghidra.util.bytesearch;

/**
 * Interface for factories that create Match Pattern classes
 */
public interface PatternFactory {
	/**
	 * Get a named match action
	 * 
	 * @param nm name of action to find
	 * @return match action with the given name, null otherwise
	 */
	public MatchAction getMatchActionByName(String nm);

	/**
	 * Get a named post match rule by name
	 * @param nm name of the post rule
	 * @return the post rule with the name, null otherwise
	 */
	public PostRule getPostRuleByName(String nm);
}
