Module org.refcodes.matcher

Package org.refcodes.matcher

Interface Matcher<M>

Type Parameters:

M - The matchee type.

See http://code.mycila.com/wiki/MycilaEvent

All Known Subinterfaces:

PathMatcher, RegExpMatcher, WildcardMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

AndMatcherImpl, AnyMatcherImpl, EqualWithMatcherImpl, GreaterOrEqualThanMatcherImpl, GreaterThanMatcherImpl, IsAssignableFromMatcherImpl, LessOrEqualThanMatcherImpl, LessThanMatcherImpl, NoneMatcherImpl, NotEqualWithMatcherImpl, NotMatcherImpl, OrMatcherImpl, PathMatcherImpl, RegExpMatcherImpl

public interface Matcher<M>

The matcher is used to test whether a matchee matches certain criteria. An matcher may be an own implementation or it my get somehow 'nested' (inspired by http://code.mycila.com/wiki/MycilaEvent) having different matchers which in combination do some custom matching as needed by the business logic.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isMatching(M aMatchee)	Tests whether the given event is matching the mathcer's criteria.

Method Detail

isMatching

boolean isMatching(M aMatchee)

Tests whether the given event is matching the mathcer's criteria.

Parameters:

aMatchee - The matchee used for testing matchability.

Returns:

True in case the matchee matches the matcher's criteria, else false.