source: trunk/autoquest-core-usability-evaluation/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/usability/taskmodel/filter/types/TaskFilter.java @ 1217

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package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.usability.taskmodel.filter.types;

import com.google.common.base.Predicate;

/**
 * <p>
 * A task filter allows to filter a collection of tasks, considering a provided predicate.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Alexander Deicke
 */
public interface TaskFilter<T> {

    /**
     * 
     * <p>
     * {@link Class} of type or property, which is used to filter tasks.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public Class<T> clazz();

    /**
     * 
     * <p>
     * Provides predicate to filter tasks.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    public Predicate filterPredicate();

}