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017package org.apache.activemq.network;
018
019import java.net.URI;
020
021/**
022 * Abstraction that allows you to control which brokers a NetworkConnector connects bridges to.
023 */
024public interface ConnectionFilter {
025
026    /**
027     * Connect the filter to a given location.
028     *
029     * @param location
030     * @return true if the network connector should establish a connection to the specified location.
031     */
032    boolean connectTo(URI location);
033}