Package org.apache.commons.collections.functors

Class ChainedTransformer

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.collections.functors.ChainedTransformer
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Transformer
@Deprecated(since="2021-04-30") public class ChainedTransformer extends Object implements Transformer, Serializable
Deprecated.
Apache Commons Collections version 3.x is being deprecated from AEMaaCS. The upgraded version 4.4 of Commons Collections is already included as replacement. Customers are advised to upgrade to this version of the library. Please note: the package name was changed to org.apache.commons.collections4. Further note that there are AEM APIs currently exposing the old collections classes; these will be updated in upcoming releases.
Transformer implementation that chains the specified transformers together.

The input object is passed to the first transformer. The transformed result is passed to the second transformer and so on.

Since:
Commons Collections 3.0
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • ChainedTransformer

      public ChainedTransformer(Transformer[] transformers)
      Deprecated.
      Constructor that performs no validation. Use getInstance if you want that.
      Parameters:
      transformers - the transformers to chain, not copied, no nulls

  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static Transformer getInstance(Transformer[] transformers)
      Deprecated.
      Factory method that performs validation and copies the parameter array.
      Parameters:
      transformers - the transformers to chain, copied, no nulls
      Returns:
      the chained transformer
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the transformers array is null
      IllegalArgumentException - if any transformer in the array is null

    • getInstance

      public static Transformer getInstance(Collection transformers)
      Deprecated.
      Create a new Transformer that calls each transformer in turn, passing the result into the next transformer. The ordering is that of the iterator() method on the collection.
      Parameters:
      transformers - a collection of transformers to chain
      Returns:
      the chained transformer
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the transformers collection is null
      IllegalArgumentException - if any transformer in the collection is null

    • getInstance

      public static Transformer getInstance(Transformer transformer1, Transformer transformer2)
      Deprecated.
      Factory method that performs validation.
      Parameters:
      transformer1 - the first transformer, not null
      transformer2 - the second transformer, not null
      Returns:
      the chained transformer
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if either transformer is null

    • transform

      public Object transform(Object object)
      Deprecated.
      Transforms the input to result via each decorated transformer
      Specified by:
      transform in interface Transformer
      Parameters:
      object - the input object passed to the first transformer
      Returns:
      the transformed result

    • getTransformers

      public Transformer[] getTransformers()
      Deprecated.
      Gets the transformers, do not modify the array.
      Returns:
      the transformers
      Since:
      Commons Collections 3.1