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package org.apache.commons.collections;

/** Performs some predicate which returns true or false based on the input object.
  * Predicate instances can be used to implement queries or to do filtering.
  *
  * @since 1.0
  * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
  */
public interface Predicate {

    /**
      *  Returns true if the input object matches this predicate. 
      *
      * @return true if the input object matches this predicate, else returns false
      */
    public boolean evaluate(Object input);
}