Package org.apache.commons.collections.functors

Class TransformerPredicate

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.collections.functors.TransformerPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Predicate

public final class TransformerPredicate
extends java.lang.Object
implements Predicate, java.io.Serializable

Predicate implementation that returns the result of a transformer.

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0

Version:

$Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 14:33:15 +0200 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $

Author:

Stephen Colebourne

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TransformerPredicate(Transformer transformer)	Constructor that performs no validation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	evaluate(java.lang.Object object)	Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated transformer.
static Predicate	getInstance(Transformer transformer)	Factory to create the predicate.
Transformer	getTransformer()	Gets the transformer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TransformerPredicate

public TransformerPredicate(Transformer transformer)

Constructor that performs no validation. Use getInstance if you want that.

Parameters:

transformer - the transformer to decorate

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Predicate getInstance(Transformer transformer)

Factory to create the predicate.

Parameters:

transformer - the transformer to decorate

Returns:

the predicate

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the transformer is null

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(java.lang.Object object)

Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated transformer.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface Predicate

Parameters:

object - the input object

Returns:

true if decorated transformer returns Boolean.TRUE

Throws:

FunctorException - if the transformer returns an invalid type

getTransformer

public Transformer getTransformer()

Gets the transformer.

Returns:

the transformer

Since:

Commons Collections 3.1