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1   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2   // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
3   // Copyright (C) 2001-2024 the original author or authors.
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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  }