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