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// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
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package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.regexp;

/**
 * Represents a suppressor for matches.
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface MatchSuppressor {

    /**
     * Checks if the specified selection should be suppressed.
     * @param startLineNo the starting line number
     * @param startColNo the starting column number
     * @param endLineNo the ending line number
     * @param endColNo the ending column number
     * @return true if the positions intersects with a comment.
     **/
    boolean shouldSuppress(int startLineNo, int startColNo, int endLineNo,
            int endColNo);

}
