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package org.apache.camel;
/**
* Evaluates a binary <a
* href="http://camel.apache.org/predicate.html">predicate</a> on the
* message exchange to support things like <a
* href="http://camel.apache.org/scripting-languages.html">scripting
* languages</a>, <a href="http://camel.apache.org/xquery.html">XQuery</a>
* or <a href="http://camel.apache.org/sql.html">SQL</a> as well as
* any arbitrary Java expression.
*
* @version
*/
public interface Predicate {
/**
* Evaluates the predicate on the message exchange and returns true if this
* exchange matches the predicate
*
* @param exchange the message exchange
* @return true if the predicate matches
*/
boolean matches(Exchange exchange);
}