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package org.forgerock.opendj.ldap;

/**
 * A compiled attribute value assertion.
 */
public interface Assertion {
    /**
     * Indicates whether the provided attribute value should be considered a
     * match for this assertion value according to the matching rule.
     *
     * @param attributeValue
     *            The attribute value.
     * @return {@code TRUE} if the attribute value should be considered a match
     *         for the provided assertion value, {@code FALSE} if it does not
     *         match, or {@code UNDEFINED} if the result is undefined.
     */
    public abstract ConditionResult matches(ByteSequence attributeValue);
}