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    017package org.apache.commons.collections4.functors;
    018
    019import org.apache.commons.collections4.Predicate;
    020
    021/**
    022 * Abstract base class for predicates.
    023 *
    024 * @param <T> the type of the input to the predicate.
    025 * @since 4.5.0-M3
    026 */
    027public abstract class AbstractPredicate<T> implements Predicate<T> {
    028
    029    /**
    030     * Constructs a new instance.
    031     */
    032    public AbstractPredicate() {
    033        // empty
    034    }
    035
    036    @Override
    037    public boolean evaluate(final T object) {
    038        return test(object);
    039    }
    040}