IDerivativeSecurityFilter.cs

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namespace QuantConnect.Securities
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Filters a set of derivative symbols using the underlying price data.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IDerivativeSecurityFilter<T>
         where T : ISymbol
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Filters the input set of symbols represented by the universe
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="universe">derivative symbols universe used in filtering</param>
        /// <returns>The filtered set of symbols</returns>
        IDerivativeSecurityFilterUniverse<T> Filter(IDerivativeSecurityFilterUniverse<T> universe);
 
        /// <summary>
        /// True if this universe filter can run async in the data stack
        /// </summary>
        bool Asynchronous { get; set; }
    }
}