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package org.snmp4j.agent.mo;

import org.snmp4j.smi.OID;

/**
 * A <code>MOTableIndexValidator</code> instance is able to validate an index
 * value for compatibility with an index definition.
 *
 * @author Frank Fock
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface MOTableIndexValidator {

  /**
   * Checks whether an index OID is a valid index for this index definition
   * or not.
   * @param index
   *    an OID (possibly zero length).
   * @return
   *    <code>true</code> if the index is valid or <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  boolean isValidIndex(OID index);

}
