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1   /*
2    * $Id: AnnotationFilter.java 19191 2010-08-25 21:05:23Z tcarlson $
3    * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4    * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesoft.com
5    *
6    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
7    * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
8    * LICENSE.txt file.
9    */
10  package org.mule.util.scan.annotations;
11  
12  /**
13   * A filter is used when performing an Annotation scan on a single class or the classpath.
14   * An Annotation filter is used to filter throw annotations on a class (including fields, methods and parameters) to determine
15   * whether the annotion should be accepted
16   */
17  public interface AnnotationFilter
18  {
19      /**
20       * Should the annotation represented by an {@link AnnotationInfo} object be
21       * accepted
22       * 
23       * @param info the annotation information to select on
24       * @return true if the annotation matches the criteria for this filter
25       */
26      boolean accept(AnnotationInfo info);
27  }