    001    // Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015    package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc;
    016
    017    /**
    018     * A matcher of <em>fully qualified<em> ids.
    019     */
    020    public interface IdMatcher
    021    {
    022        /**
    023         * Returns true if the provided input id matches the pattern defined by this matcher instance.
    024         *
    025         * @param id the fully qualfied id
    026         * @return true on match, false otherwise
    027         */
    028        boolean matches(String id);
    029    }