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Interface Predicate<T></H2>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>Predicate<T></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<String></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>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
<DD>Kevin Bourrillion</DD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Predicate.html#apply(T)">apply</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Predicate.html" title="type parameter in Predicate">T</A> input)</CODE>
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Applies this predicate to the given object.</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
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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
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the value of this predicate when applied to the input <code>t</code></DL>
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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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