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027package com.unboundid.directory.sdk.common.schema;
028
029
030
031import com.unboundid.util.ByteString;
032import com.unboundid.util.NotExtensible;
033import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
034import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
035
036
037
038/**
039 * This interface provides an API for interacting with approximate matching
040 * rules, which can be used to determine whether one value is approximately
041 * equal to another.  The definition of "approximately equal to" may vary based
042 * on the matching rule implementation.
043 */
044@NotExtensible()
045@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
046public interface ApproximateMatchingRule
047       extends MatchingRule
048{
049  /**
050   * Indicates whether the provided values are approximately equal to each
051   * other.
052   *
053   * @param  normValue1  The normalized form of the first value for which to
054   *                     make the determination.
055   * @param  normValue2  The normalized form of the second value for which to
056   *                     make the determination.
057   *
058   * @return  {@code true} if the values are considered approximately equal to
059   *          each other, or {@code false} if not.
060   */
061  boolean approximatelyMatch(final ByteString normValue1,
062                             final ByteString normValue2);
063}