edu.columbia.cs.ref.model.matcher.impl
Class OrEntityMatcher

java.lang.Object
  edu.columbia.cs.ref.model.matcher.impl.OrEntityMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

EntityMatcher, java.io.Serializable

public class OrEntityMatcher
extends java.lang.Object
implements EntityMatcher

The Class OrEntityMatcher is an implementation of EntityMatcher that is used to compose several other matchers. This constraint checks if the entities passed as input match using at least one of the matchers passed as input to the constructor check

Since:

2011-09-27

Version:

0.1

Author:

Pablo Barrio, Goncalo Simoes

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

OrEntityMatcher(EntityMatcher... entityMatchers)
Instantiates a new or entity matcher.

Method Summary

boolean

match(Entity original, Entity entity) Determines if the two input entities match

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OrEntityMatcher

public OrEntityMatcher(EntityMatcher... entityMatchers)

Instantiates a new or entity matcher. It receives an undefined number of matchers that must be used in the matching.

Parameters:

entityMatchers - the entity matchers

Method Detail

match

public boolean match(Entity original,
                     Entity entity)

Description copied from interface: EntityMatcher

Determines if the two input entities match

Specified by:

match in interface EntityMatcher

Parameters:

original - the first entity

entity - the second entity

Returns:

true, if the entities match