# Interface EventFilter

public interface EventFilter
This interface declares a simple filter interface that one can create to filter XMLEventReaders

Since:
  1.6

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`boolean`
`accept(XMLEvent event)`
Tests whether this event is part of this stream.

## Method Details

### accept

boolean accept(XMLEvent event)
Tests whether this event is part of this stream. This method will return true if this filter accepts this event and false otherwise.

Parameters:
  `event` - the event to test
Returns:
  true if this filter accepts this event, false otherwise