replicant-frameworks_native/awt/javax/imageio/metadata/IIOMetadataController.java

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/**
 * @author Sergey I. Salishev
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 */

package javax.imageio.metadata;

/* 
 * @author Sergey I. Salishev
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 */

/**
 * The IIOMetadataController interface provides a method for implementing
 * objects to activate the controller without defining how the controller
 * obtains values.
 * 
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public interface IIOMetadataController {

    /**
     * Activates a controller.
     * 
     * @param metadata
     *            the metadata to be modified.
     * @return true, if the IIOMetadata has been modified, false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean activate(IIOMetadata metadata);
}