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    }