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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.visibility;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;

/**
 * During the read (ie. get/Scan) the VisibilityController calls this interface for each of the
 * Cell. Depending on the evaluate() result, a cell can be either included or filtered out from the
 * read results.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
public interface VisibilityExpEvaluator {

  /**
   * Evaluates whether the passed cell passes Scan/Get Authorization.
   * @param cell Cell under evaluation
   * @return true if this cell can be included in the Result. Else false.
   */
  boolean evaluate(Cell cell) throws IOException;
}
