ServiceRegistry.Filter (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.1_"07")

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## javax.imageio.spi
Interface ServiceRegistry.Filter

Enclosing interface:
  ServiceRegistry

public static interface ServiceRegistry.Filter

A simple filter interface used by `ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders` to select providers matching an arbitrary criterion. Classes that implement this interface should be defined in order to make use of the `getServiceProviders` method of `ServiceRegistry` that takes a `Filter`.

See Also:
  `ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders(Class, ServiceRegistry.Filter, boolean)`

Method Summary
`boolean` | `filter(Object provider)` Returns `true` if the given `provider` object matches the criterion defined by this `Filter`.

Method Detail

### filter

    public boolean filter(Object provider)

  Returns `true` if the given `provider` object matches the criterion defined by this `Filter`.

  Parameters:
    `provider` - a service provider `Object`.
  Returns:
    true if the provider matches the criterion.

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