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package org.apache.sling.jobs;

import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * An interface to allow a component, normally a JobConsumer to inspect a JobType and indicate that
 * it can perform further actions on it. JobTypeValves are used in place of static JobType declarations.
 * This interface is only implemented where static declaration of JobTypes does not satisfy the use cases.
 */
@ProviderType
public interface JobTypeValve {

    /**
     * Return true if the component, normally a JobConsumer, can process the jobType.
     * @param jobType the job type.
     * @return true if can be processed.
     */
    boolean accept(@Nonnull Types.JobType jobType);
}