mscorlib 2.0.0.0 4.0.0.0 Contravariant System.Delegate `` System.Boolean To be added. To be added.

Represents the method that defines a Boolean query on an object.

if meets the criteria defined within the method represented by this delegate; otherwise, .

if meets the criteria defined within the method represented by this delegate; otherwise, .

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Predicate methods are expected to not throw exceptions. If they do throw exceptions, other methods that use that delegate might exhibit unspecified behavior. It is also intended that predicate methods not produce side-effects; however, such methods need not be thread safe.

This delegate is used by several methods in , and in to search for elements in the collection.