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1   /* ExternalImplInterface
2    * 
3    * Created on May 25, 2005
4    *
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6    * 
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22   */
23  package org.archive.crawler.deciderules;
24  
25  /***
26   * Interface used by {@link ExternalImplDecideRule}.
27   * @author stack
28   * @version $Date: 2005-05-26 02:07:09 +0000 (Thu, 26 May 2005) $, $Revision: 3497 $
29   * @see ExternalImplDecideRule
30   */
31  public interface ExternalImplInterface {
32      /***
33       * @param obj Object to evaluate (Usually its type is CandidateURI).
34       * @return True if we are to let this object through.
35       */
36      public boolean evaluate(Object obj);
37  }