package org.apache.maven.plugin.clean;

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 /**

  * Determines whether a path is selected for deletion. The pathnames used for method parameters will be relative to some

  * base directory and use {@link java.io.File#separatorChar} as separator.

  * 

  * @author Benjamin Bentmann

  */

 interface Selector

 {

     /**

      * Determines whether a path is selected for deletion.

      * 

      * @param pathname The pathname to test, must not be <code>null</code>.

      * @return <code>true</code> if the given path is selected for deletion, <code>false</code> otherwise.

      */

     boolean isSelected( String pathname );

     /**

      * Determines whether a directory could contain selected paths.

      * 

      * @param pathname The directory pathname to test, must not be <code>null</code>.

      * @return <code>true</code> if the given directory might contain selected paths, <code>false</code> if the

      *         directory will definitively not contain selected paths..

      */

     boolean couldHoldSelected( String pathname );

 }