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023    
024    package microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core;
025    
026    import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core.exception.service.local.ServiceLocalException;
027    
028    /**
029     * The Interface IPredicate.
030     *
031     * @param <T> The type of the object to compare.
032     */
033    public interface IPredicate<T> {
034    
035      /**
036       * Represents the method that defines a
037       * set of criteria and determines whether
038       * the specified object meets those criteria.
039       *
040       * @param obj The object to compare against
041       *            the criteria defined within the method represented
042       *            by this delegate.
043       * @return true if obj meets the criteria
044       * defined within the method represented by this
045       * delegate; otherwise, false.
046       * @throws ServiceLocalException
047       */
048      boolean predicate(T obj) throws ServiceLocalException;
049    }