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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>Consumer</B></DL>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is not the same as the filter which you might get, say, by parsing a blueprint
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