1 /*
2 * Copyright 2014 The Netty Project
3 *
4 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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9 *
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15 */
16 package io.netty.handler.ipfilter;
17
18 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
19
20 /**
21 * Implement this interface to create new rules.
22 */
23 public interface IpFilterRule {
24 /**
25 * @return This method should return true if remoteAddress is valid according to your criteria. False otherwise.
26 */
27 boolean matches(InetSocketAddress remoteAddress);
28
29 /**
30 * @return This method should return {@link IpFilterRuleType#ACCEPT} if all
31 * {@link IpFilterRule#matches(InetSocketAddress)} for which {@link #matches(InetSocketAddress)}
32 * returns true should the accepted. If you want to exclude all of those IP addresses then
33 * {@link IpFilterRuleType#REJECT} should be returned.
34 */
35 IpFilterRuleType ruleType();
36 }