public abstract Class Matcher<T>

Class Inheritance

extends Object

java.lang.Object
org.terracotta.context.query.Matcher

Type Parameters

<T>: the enclosing type of the objects that match

Imports

java.lang.reflect.Method

A matching object that can be used to filter the node-set in a context query chain.

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Class<T>	boundType

Constructor Summary

Access	Constructor and Description
public	Matcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
private static <T extends Matcher<?>> Class<?>	getSafeType(Class<T> fromClass)
public final boolean	Returns: `true` if the object matches matches(Object object to be checked object) Returns true if this object matches successfully.
protected abstract boolean	Returns: `true` on a match matchesSafely(T object to check for a match object) Returns `true` if the supplied object matches against this matcher.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

Field Detail

boundType	back to summary
private Class<T> boundType Annotations @SuppressWarnings:unchecked

Constructor Detail

Matcher	back to summary
public Matcher()

Method Detail

getSafeType	back to summary
private static <T extends Matcher<?>> Class<?> getSafeType(Class<T> fromClass)

matches back to summary

matches	back to summary
public final boolean matches(Object object) Returns true if this object matches successfully. This method checks for a type match against the erased type of this matcher and then defers to the `matchesSafely(Object)` of this matcher with the type-checked and cast object. Parameters object:Object object to be checked Returns:boolean `true` if the object matches

public final boolean matches(Object object)

Returns true if this object matches successfully.

This method checks for a type match against the erased type of this matcher and then defers to the matchesSafely(Object) of this matcher with the type-checked and cast object.

Parameters

object:Object: object to be checked

Returns:boolean

true if the object matches

matchesSafely back to summary

matchesSafely	back to summary
protected abstract boolean matchesSafely(T object) Returns `true` if the supplied object matches against this matcher. Parameters object:T object to check for a match Returns:boolean `true` on a match

protected abstract boolean matchesSafely(T object)

Returns true if the supplied object matches against this matcher.

Parameters

object:T: object to check for a match

Returns:boolean

true on a match