code: /* LanguageTool, a natural language style checker
   * Copyright (C) 2012 Daniel Naber (http://www.danielnaber.de)
   *
   * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   * 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.
   *
   * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   * Lesser General Public License for more details.
   *
   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
   * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
   * USA
   */
  package org.languagetool.rules;
  
  import org.languagetool.markup.AnnotatedText;
  
  import java.util.List;
  
  /**
   * Filter rule matches.
   *
   * @since 1.8
   */
  public interface RuleMatchFilter {
  
    /**
     * @deprecated use and implement {@code filter(List<RuleMatch> ruleMatches, AnnotatedText text)}
     */
    @Deprecated
    default List<RuleMatch> filter(List<RuleMatch> ruleMatches) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Method not implemented");
    }
  
    /**
     * @since 4.7
     * post-processing of rule matches
     * @param ruleMatches matches to transform/filter
     * @param text corresponding text
     * @return transformed matches
     */
    default List<RuleMatch> filter(List<RuleMatch> ruleMatches, AnnotatedText text) {
      return filter(ruleMatches);
    }
  
  }
  