001/*
002 * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Mathias Doenitz
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 */
016
017package org.parboiled;
018
019/**
020 * A MatchHandler is responsible for actually running the match of a given {@link MatcherContext}.
021 * Many times it wraps the actual call to the matcher with some custom logic, e.g. for error handling.
022 */
023public interface MatchHandler {
024
025    /**
026     * Runs the given MatcherContext.
027     *
028     * @param context the MatcherContext
029     * @return true if matched
030     */
031    boolean match(MatcherContext<?> context);
032}