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package com.googlecode.androidannotations.validation;

import javax.lang.model.element.Element;

import com.googlecode.androidannotations.helper.HasTarget;
import com.googlecode.androidannotations.model.AnnotationElements;

public interface ElementValidator extends HasTarget {

	/**
	 * Method used to filter validated elements from annotated elements
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 *            the element to validate
	 * @param validatedElements
	 *            to already validated elements
	 * @return true if the element should be added to the validatedElements,
	 *         false otherwise
	 */
	boolean validate(Element element, AnnotationElements validatedElements);

}
