package jal.String;

/**
 * Interface that represents a function object: a predicate that returns
 *  true or false depending on some binary operation involving the
 *  arguments.  Examples include equality tests and comparison functions.
 *
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 * Silicon Graphics, Inc.
 *
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 *
 *  
 * @see Predicate
 * @author Matthew Austern (austern@mti.sgi.com)
 * @author Alexander Stepanov (stepanov@mti.sgi.com)
 *
 *
 */

public interface BinaryPredicate {
  /**
   * Tests whether or not the arguments satisfy some condition.
   * @param x   First argument
   * @param y   Second argument
   * @return    Result of the binary operation.
   */
  abstract public boolean apply(String x, String y);
}