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  25 /*
  26  * Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
  27  */
  28 
  29 package javax.xml.stream;
  30 
  31 import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
  32 
  33 /**
  34  * This interface declares a simple filter interface that one can
  35  * create to filter XMLEventReaders
  36  * @version 1.0
  37  * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
  38  * @since 1.6
  39  */
  40 public interface EventFilter {
  41   /**
  42    * Tests whether this event is part of this stream.  This method
  43    * will return true if this filter accepts this event and false
  44    * otherwise.
  45    *
  46    * @param event the event to test
  47    * @return true if this filter accepts this event, false otherwise
  48    */
  49   public boolean accept(XMLEvent event);
  50 }