1 /*
2 * Copyright 2013 The Netty Project
3 *
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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.channel.group;
17
18
19 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
20
21 /**
22 * Allows to only match some {@link Channel}'s for operations in {@link ChannelGroup}.
23 *
24 * {@link ChannelMatchers} provide you with helper methods for usual needed implementations.
25 */
26 public interface ChannelMatcher {
27
28 /**
29 * Returns {@code true} if the operation should be also executed on the given {@link Channel}.
30 */
31 boolean matches(Channel channel);
32 }