gate.jape.constraint
Class AbstractConstraintPredicate

java.lang.Object
  gate.jape.constraint.AbstractConstraintPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConstraintPredicate, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractRegExpPredicate, ComparablePredicate, EmbeddedConstraintPredicate, EqualPredicate, TestPR.TestConstraintPredicate

public abstract class AbstractConstraintPredicate
extends Object
implements ConstraintPredicate

Base class for most ConstraintPredicates. Contains standard getters/setters and other routines.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

esword

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected AnnotationAccessor	accessor
protected Object	value

Fields inherited from interface gate.jape.constraint.ConstraintPredicate

EQUAL, GREATER, GREATER_OR_EQUAL, LESSER, LESSER_OR_EQUAL, NOT_EQUAL, NOT_REGEXP_FIND, NOT_REGEXP_MATCH, REGEXP_FIND, REGEXP_MATCH

Constructor Summary

AbstractConstraintPredicate()

AbstractConstraintPredicate(AnnotationAccessor accessor, Object value)

Method Summary

protected abstract boolean	doMatch(Object value, AnnotationSet context)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
AnnotationAccessor	getAccessor() The accessor associated with this predicate.
Object	getValue() The value used in comparisons against passed in data in #matches(Annotation).
int	hashCode()
boolean	matches(Annotation annot, AnnotationSet context) Evaluates if the provided annotation meets the requirements of the predicate.
void	setAccessor(AnnotationAccessor accessor) Set the accessor associated with this predicate.
void	setValue(Object value) Set the value used in comparisons against passed in data in #matches(Annotation).
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface gate.jape.constraint.ConstraintPredicate

getOperator

Field Detail

accessor

protected AnnotationAccessor accessor

value

protected Object value

Constructor Detail

AbstractConstraintPredicate

public AbstractConstraintPredicate()

AbstractConstraintPredicate

public AbstractConstraintPredicate(AnnotationAccessor accessor,
                                   Object value)

Method Detail

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

matches

public boolean matches(Annotation annot,
                       AnnotationSet context)
                throws JapeException

Description copied from interface: ConstraintPredicate

Evaluates if the provided annotation meets the requirements of the predicate.

Specified by:

matches in interface ConstraintPredicate

Returns:

Throws:

JapeException

doMatch

protected abstract boolean doMatch(Object value,
                                   AnnotationSet context)
                            throws JapeException

Throws:

JapeException

setAccessor

public void setAccessor(AnnotationAccessor accessor)

Description copied from interface: ConstraintPredicate

Set the accessor associated with this predicate.

Specified by:

setAccessor in interface ConstraintPredicate

getAccessor

public AnnotationAccessor getAccessor()

Description copied from interface: ConstraintPredicate

The accessor associated with this predicate.

Specified by:

getAccessor in interface ConstraintPredicate

Returns:

setValue

public void setValue(Object value)

Description copied from interface: ConstraintPredicate

Set the value used in comparisons against passed in data in #matches(Annotation).

Specified by:

setValue in interface ConstraintPredicate

getValue

public Object getValue()

Description copied from interface: ConstraintPredicate

The value used in comparisons against passed in data in #matches(Annotation).

Specified by:

getValue in interface ConstraintPredicate

Returns: