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Interface Predicate&lt;T&gt;</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>Predicate&lt;T&gt;</B></DL>
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Determines a true or false value for a given input. For example, a
 <code>RegexPredicate</code> might implement <code>Predicate&lt;String&gt;</code>, and return
 <code>true</code> for any string that matches its given regular expression.

 <p>Implementations which may cause side effects upon evaluation are strongly
 encouraged to state this fact clearly in their API documentation.
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
  <DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Applies this predicate to the given object.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicates whether some other object is equal to this <code>Predicate</code>.</TD>
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apply</H3>
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boolean <B>apply</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT>
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<DD>Applies this predicate to the given object.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - the input that the predicate should act on
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boolean <B>equals</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT>
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<DD>Indicates whether some other object is equal to this <code>Predicate</code>.
 This method can return <code>true</code> <i>only</i> if the specified object is
 also a <code>Predicate</code> and, for every input object <code>input</code>, it
 returns exactly the same value. Thus, <code>predicate1.equals(predicate2)</code>
 implies that either <code>predicate1.apply(input)</code> and
 <code>predicate2.apply(input)</code> are both <code>true</code> or both
 <code>false</code>.

 <p>Note that it is always safe <i>not</i> to override
 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Object.equals(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A>.
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