jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xpath/internal/patterns/NodeTestFilter.java

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 * $Id: NodeTestFilter.java,v 1.1.2.1 2005/08/01 01:30:30 jeffsuttor Exp $
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package com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.patterns;

/**
 * This interface should be implemented by Nodes and/or iterators,
 * when they need to know what the node test is before they do
 * getNextChild, etc.
 */
public interface NodeTestFilter
{

  /**
   * Set the node test for this filter.
   *
   *
   * @param nodeTest Reference to a NodeTest that may be used to predetermine
   *                 what nodes to return.
   */
  void setNodeTest(NodeTest nodeTest);
}