net.sf.qualitytest.blueprint
Interface MatchingStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTypeMatchingStrategy, ArrayTypeMatchingStrategy, BuilderMethodMatchingStrategy, CaseInsensitiveMethodNameMatchingStrategy, InstanceOfTypeMatchingStrategy, SetterMethodMatchingStrategy, TypeMatchingStrategy

public interface MatchingStrategy

Strategy to determine if an attribute matches and should be replaced with a certain value. An attribute can be matched by name or type. A MatchingStrategy should implement hashCode so that matching strategies for the same object/type can be detected and the last one added can be used.

Author:

Dominik Seichter

See Also:

ValueCreationStrategy

Method Summary

boolean	matchesByField(Field field) Test if a field matches this strategy.
boolean	matchesByMethod(Method method) Test if a method matches this strategy.
boolean	matchesByType(Class<?> clazz) Test if a type matches this strategy.

Method Detail

matchesByField

boolean matchesByField(@Nonnull
                       Field field)

Test if a field matches this strategy.

Parameters:

field - A field

Returns:

true if the strategy matches and the ValueCreationStrategy should be applied

matchesByMethod

boolean matchesByMethod(@Nonnull
                        Method method)

Test if a method matches this strategy.

Parameters:

method - A method

Returns:

true if the strategy matches and the ValueCreationStrategy should be applied

matchesByType

boolean matchesByType(@Nonnull
                      Class<?> clazz)

Test if a type matches this strategy.

Parameters:

clazz - a clazz type

Returns:

true if the strategy matches and the ValueCreationStrategy should be applied