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/*

 * The Original Code is HAT. The Initial Developer of the

 * Original Code is Bill Foote, with contributions from others

 * at JavaSoft/Sun.

 */

package com.sun.tools.hat.internal.model;

/**

 * This represents a set of data members that should be excluded from the

 * reachable objects query. This is useful to exclude observers from the

 * transitive closure of objects reachable from a given object, allowing

 * some kind of real determination of the "size" of that object.

 *

 */

public interface ReachableExcludes {

    /**

     * @return true iff the given field is on the hitlist of excluded

     *          fields.

     */

    public boolean isExcluded(String fieldName);

}