org.azyva.dragom.reference

Interface ReferencePathMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReferencePathMatcherAll, ReferencePathMatcherAnd, ReferencePathMatcherByElement, ReferencePathMatcherNot, ReferencePathMatcherOr, ReferencePathMatcherVersionAttribute

public interface ReferencePathMatcher

Interface for ReferencePath matchers. The main implementation of this interface is provided by ReferencePathMatcherByElement. But other implementations exist to provide boolean arithmetics with ReferencePathMatcher's: - ReferencePathMatcherAnd - ReferencePathMatcherOr - ReferencePathMatcherNot

Author:

David Raymond

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canMatchChildren(ReferencePath referencePath) Verifies if a ReferencePathMatcher can potentially match children of a ReferencePath.
boolean	matches(ReferencePath referencePath) Verifies if a ReferencePathMatcher matches a ReferencePath.

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(ReferencePath referencePath)

Verifies if a ReferencePathMatcher matches a ReferencePath.

Parameters:

referencePath - ReferencePath.

Returns:

true if the ReferencePath is matched by the ReferencePathMatcher.

canMatchChildren

boolean canMatchChildren(ReferencePath referencePath)

Verifies if a ReferencePathMatcher can potentially match children of a ReferencePath.

Parameters:

referencePath - ReferencePath.

Returns:

true if the ReferencePath is matched by the ReferencePathMatcher.