IFilter (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

```
public interface IFilter
```
A filter compares the given object to some pattern and returns true if the two match and false otherwise.
This interface may be implemented by clients, however factory methods are available on IExtensionTracker.
This interface can be used without OSGi running.

Since:

3.1

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`matches(IExtensionPoint target)`	Return `true` if the given object matches the criteria for this filter.

- Method Detail
  - matches
```
boolean matches(IExtensionPoint target)
```
    Return true if the given object matches the criteria for this filter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - the object to match
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the target matches this filter and false otherwise