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020package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.api;
021
022
023/**
024 * An interface used to abstract the means to detect whether or not an attribute
025 * identifier/descriptor represents a binary attributeType.
026 */
027public interface BinaryAttributeDetector
028{
029    /**
030     * Returns true if the attribute specified is not human readible.
031     *
032     * @param attributeId the identifier/descriptor for the attribute to be checked.
033     * @return true if the attribute specified is not human readible, false otherwise
034     */
035    boolean isBinary( String attributeId );
036}