1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
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18 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19
20 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.regexp;
21
22 /**
23 * Represents a suppressor for matches.
24 */
25 @FunctionalInterface
26 public interface MatchSuppressor {
27
28 /**
29 * Checks if the specified selection should be suppressed.
30 *
31 * @param startLineNo the starting line number
32 * @param startColNo the starting column number
33 * @param endLineNo the ending line number
34 * @param endColNo the ending column number
35 * @return true if the positions intersects with a comment.
36 **/
37 boolean shouldSuppress(int startLineNo, int startColNo, int endLineNo,
38 int endColNo);
39
40 }