001    /*
002     * Sonar, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2008-2011 SonarSource
004     * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005     *
006     * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009     * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010     *
011     * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015     *
016     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
017     * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software
018     * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
019     */
020    package org.sonar.api.rules;
021    
022    import org.sonar.api.BatchExtension;
023    import org.sonar.api.batch.DecoratorBarriers;
024    import org.sonar.api.batch.DependedUpon;
025    
026    /**
027     * Filter violations to save. For example, ignore a violation if it occurs on a line of code commented with //NOSONAR
028     *
029     * @since 1.12
030     */
031    @DependedUpon(value = DecoratorBarriers.START_VIOLATIONS_GENERATION)
032    public interface ViolationFilter extends BatchExtension {
033    
034      /**
035       * Return true if the violation must be ignored, else it's saved into database.
036       */
037      boolean isIgnored(Violation violation);
038    
039    }