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Interface Collector<E>

Type Parameters:

E - element

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollector

public interface Collector<E>

Basic interface that allows the implementers to collect the information and return it.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
E	collect() Final method called by the framework that returns the actual collected data.
void	combine(Object object) This method should be called by the intermediate touch points that want to combine the data being collected by this collector.

Method Detail

combine

void combine(Object object)

This method should be called by the intermediate touch points that want to combine the data being collected by this collector. This is an optional method and could be used when the same collector is used for collecting data at multiple touch points or accumulating data at same touch point.

Parameters:

object - Object

collect

E collect()

Final method called by the framework that returns the actual collected data. If the collector is not accumulating data or being used to collect data at multiple touch points, only this method can be implemented.

Returns:

E element