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020    package org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.spi;
021    
022    
023    
024    /**
025     * An interface used to abstract the means to detect whether or not an attribute
026     * identifier/descriptor represents a binary attributeType.
027     */
028    public interface BinaryAttributeDetector
029    {
030        /**
031         * Returns true if the attribute specified is not human readible.
032         *
033         * @param attributeId the identifier/descriptor for the attribute to be checked.
034         * @return true if the attribute specified is not human readible, false otherwise
035         */
036        boolean isBinary( String attributeId );
037    }