Package org.evrete.api

Interface Type<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Java type

All Superinterfaces:

Copyable<Type<T>>, Named

All Known Implementing Classes:

TypeWrapper

public interface Type<T>
extends Named, Copyable<Type<T>>

The definition of a type which is assigned to every object before it gets into the working memory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TypeField	declareField(String name, Class<?> type, Function<T,Object> function)	Field declaration with a Function as value reader.
default TypeField	declareField(String name, Predicate<T> function)
default TypeField	declareField(String name, ToDoubleFunction<T> function)
default TypeField	declareField(String name, ToIntFunction<T> function)
default TypeField	declareField(String name, ToLongFunction<T> function)
Collection<TypeField>	getDeclaredFields()
TypeField	getField(String name)	Returns a declared field with the given name, or null if no such field is found or resolved
Class<T>	getJavaType()

Methods inherited from interface org.evrete.api.Copyable

copyOf

Methods inherited from interface org.evrete.api.Named

getName

Method Details

getJavaType

Class<T> getJavaType()

getDeclaredFields

Collection<TypeField> getDeclaredFields()

getField

TypeField getField(String name)

Returns a declared field with the given name, or null if no such field is found or resolved

Parameters:

name - field name

Returns:

a declared field or null

declareField

TypeField declareField(String name, Class<?> type, Function<T,Object> function)

Field declaration with a Function as value reader.

Parameters:

name - field name

type - field value type

function - the function that will be used to read field's value

Returns:

newly created field

declareField

default TypeField declareField(String name, ToIntFunction<T> function)

declareField

default TypeField declareField(String name, ToLongFunction<T> function)

declareField

default TypeField declareField(String name, ToDoubleFunction<T> function)

declareField

default TypeField declareField(String name, Predicate<T> function)