001package org.cpsolver.studentsct.filter;
002
003import org.cpsolver.studentsct.StudentSectioningXMLLoader;
004import org.cpsolver.studentsct.Test;
005import org.cpsolver.studentsct.model.Student;
006
007/**
008 * Interface for filter students based on academic area classifications, majors,
009 * or minors. This interface can be used by {@link StudentSectioningXMLLoader}
010 * to load only subset of all students, and it is used by {@link Test} to
011 * combine last-like and real students from two XML files.
012 * 
013 * @version StudentSct 1.3 (Student Sectioning)<br>
014 *          Copyright (C) 2007 - 2014 Tomáš Müller<br>
015 *          <a href="mailto:muller@unitime.org">muller@unitime.org</a><br>
016 *          <a href="http://muller.unitime.org">http://muller.unitime.org</a><br>
017 * <br>
018 *          This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
019 *          it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
020 *          published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
021 *          License, or (at your option) any later version. <br>
022 * <br>
023 *          This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
024 *          WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
025 *          MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
026 *          Lesser General Public License for more details. <br>
027 * <br>
028 *          You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
029 *          License along with this library; if not see
030 *          <a href='http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.
031 */
032
033public interface StudentFilter {
034    /** Accept student 
035     * @param student a student
036     * @return true if the student is to be accepted (sectioned)*/
037    public boolean accept(Student student);
038    
039    /**
040     * Filter name
041     */
042    public String getName();
043}