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package org.apache.sling.mom;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Filter inbound messages, optionally implemented by QueueReaders.
 */
public interface MessageFilter {
    /**
     * Provides message filtering, the implementation should return true if it wants to get the message, false if not.
     * It should make these checks as fast as possible with minimal overhead to avoid consuming resources. Do not implement
     * this method to process the message. Implementation code calling this method will be very latency sensitive
     * and subscriptions using slow implementations may get unsubscribed.
     * @param name the name of the queue or topic the message was sent on.
     * @param mapMessage the message content.
     * @return true if the message is to be allowed through the filter.
     */
    boolean accept(Types.Name name, Map<String, Object> mapMessage);


}