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package org.apache.jena.sparql.engine.index;

import org.apache.jena.sparql.engine.binding.Binding ;

/**
 * Interface for indexes that are used for identifying matching
 * {@link org.apache.jena.sparql.engine.binding.Binding}s when
 * {@link org.apache.jena.sparql.engine.iterator.QueryIterMinus} is trying to determine
 * which Bindings need to be removed.
 */
public interface IndexTable {
    // Contribution from P Gearon
    /**
     * Is there a binding in the table that has a shared domain (variables in common) and
     * is join-compatible? This is the condition for MINUS to exclude the argument
     * binding.
     */
	public abstract boolean containsCompatibleWithSharedDomain(Binding binding);
}
