Package eu.bandm.tools.util.classes

Class DynamicMatcher<C>

java.lang.Object

eu.bandm.tools.util.classes.DynamicMatcher<C>

public abstract class DynamicMatcher<C>
extends Object

An abstract base class for reflection-based type case distinctions. Subclasses should specify a method name and overload it with methods B rewrite(A x) to match objects of class A, and return objects of class B. Methods of subclasses will only be considered as matches for an input if they have

• public access to be retrieved with Class.getMethod(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class<?>...),
• the specified name, and
• exactly one parameter of a subclass of C.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final String[]	phaseNames

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	DynamicMatcher(String[] phaseNames)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Method	getMatchFor(int phase, Class<?> sourceClass)
<R> R	match(int phase, Class<R> targetClass, C x)	Finds the best-matching rewrite method for the dynamic type of a given object and invokes it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

phaseNames

protected final String[] phaseNames

Constructor Details

DynamicMatcher

protected DynamicMatcher(String[] phaseNames)

Method Details

getMatchFor

protected Method getMatchFor(int phase,
 Class<?> sourceClass)

match

public <R> R match(int phase,
 Class<R> targetClass,
 C x)

Finds the best-matching rewrite method for the dynamic type of a given object and invokes it.

Parameters:

targetClass - the expected class of the result.

x - the input object.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the matching method throws an exception or cannot be invoked for some reason, or if no match is found.

ClassCastException - if the result cannot be cast to the class targetClass.

NullPointerException - if x is null.