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 * @author Tomáš Müller 014 * @version StudentSct 1.3 (Student Sectioning)<br> 015 * Copyright (C) 2007 - 2014 Tomáš Müller<br> 016 * <a href="mailto:muller@unitime.org">muller@unitime.org</a><br> 017 * <a href="http://muller.unitime.org">http://muller.unitime.org</a><br> 018 * <br> 019 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 020 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 021 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the 022 * License, or (at your option) any later version. <br> 023 * <br> 024 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 025 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 026 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 027 * Lesser General Public License for more details. <br> 028 * <br> 029 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 030 * License along with this library; if not see 031 * <a href='http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>. 032 */ 033 034public interface StudentFilter { 035 /** Accept student 036 * @param student a student 037 * @return true if the student is to be accepted (sectioned)*/ 038 public boolean accept(Student student); 039 040 /** 041 * Filter name 042 */ 043 public String getName(); 044}