package org.apache.maven.index;

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import org.apache.maven.index.context.IndexingContext;

/**
 * ArtifactInfoFilter is used to filter out components before they are handed over to searcher (and well before paging
 * is implemented). One can use it for: permission-based filtering, collapsing result sets, etc.
 * 
 * @author cstamas
 * @see AndMultiArtifactInfoFilter
 */
public interface ArtifactInfoFilter
{
    boolean accepts( IndexingContext ctx, ArtifactInfo ai );
}