1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package com.google.inject.matcher; 18 19 /** 20 * Returns {@code true} or {@code false} for a given input. 21 * 22 * @author crazybob (at) google.com (Bob Lee) 23 */ 24 public interface Matcher<T> { 25 26 /** Returns {@code true} if this matches {@code t}, {@code false} otherwise. */ 27 boolean matches(T t); 28 29 /** 30 * Returns a new matcher which returns {@code true} if both this and the given matcher return 31 * {@code true}. 32 */ 33 Matcher<T> and(Matcher<? super T> other); 34 35 /** 36 * Returns a new matcher which returns {@code true} if either this or the given matcher return 37 * {@code true}. 38 */ 39 Matcher<T> or(Matcher<? super T> other); 40 } 41
