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18/*
19 * $Id: NodeTestFilter.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $
20 */
21package org.apache.xpath.patterns;
22
23/**
24 * This interface should be implemented by Nodes and/or iterators,
25 * when they need to know what the node test is before they do
26 * getNextChild, etc.
27 */
28public interface NodeTestFilter
29{
30
31  /**
32   * Set the node test for this filter.
33   *
34   *
35   * @param nodeTest Reference to a NodeTest that may be used to predetermine
36   *                 what nodes to return.
37   */
38  void setNodeTest(NodeTest nodeTest);
39}
40