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javax.xml.stream

## Interface EventFilter

-     public interface EventFilter

  This interface declares a simple filter interface that one can create to filter XMLEventReaders
  Since:
    1.6
  Version:
    1.0

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `boolean` | `accept(XMLEvent event)` | Tests whether this event is part of this stream.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### accept

          boolean accept(XMLEvent event)

      Tests whether this event is part of this stream. This method will return true if this filter accepts this event and false otherwise.
      Parameters:
        `event` - the event to test
      Returns:
        true if this filter accepts this event, false otherwise

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