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20 package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.api;
21
22
23 /**
24 * An interface used to abstract the means to detect whether or not an attribute
25 * identifier/descriptor represents a binary attributeType.
26 */
27 public interface BinaryAttributeDetector
28 {
29 /**
30 * Returns true if the attribute specified is not human readible.
31 *
32 * @param attributeId the identifier/descriptor for the attribute to be checked.
33 * @return true if the attribute specified is not human readible, false otherwise
34 */
35 boolean isBinary( String attributeId );
36 }