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package org.springframework.context.annotation;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata;

/**
 * A single {@code condition} that must be {@linkplain #matches matched} in order
 * for a component to be registered.
 *
 * <p>Conditions are checked immediately before the bean-definition is due to be
 * registered and are free to veto registration based on any criteria that can
 * be determined at that point.
 *
 * <p>Conditions must follow the same restrictions as {@link BeanFactoryPostProcessor}
 * and take care to never interact with bean instances. For more fine-grained control
 * of conditions that interact with {@code @Configuration} beans consider the
 * {@link ConfigurationCondition} interface.
 *
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @since 4.0
 * @see ConfigurationCondition
 * @see Conditional
 * @see ConditionContext
 */
public interface Condition {

	/**
	 * Determine if the condition matches.
	 * @param context the condition context
	 * @param metadata metadata of the {@link org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata class}
	 * or {@link org.springframework.core.type.MethodMetadata method} being checked.
	 * @return {@code true} if the condition matches and the component can be registered
	 * or {@code false} to veto registration.
	 */
	boolean matches(ConditionContext context, AnnotatedTypeMetadata metadata);

}
