com.alee.api.matcher

Interface Matcher

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMatcher, EqualMatcher, IdentifiableMatcher, SkippingMatcher

public interface Matcher
extends Serializable

Base interface for any kinds of object matchers.

Author:

Mikle Garin

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	match(Object first, Object second) Compares two objects and returns whether they match or not.
boolean	supports(Object object) Returns whether or not this Matcher supports provided object.

Method Detail

supports

boolean supports(@Nullable
                 Object object)

Returns whether or not this Matcher supports provided object.

Parameters:

object - object to check Matcher support for

Returns:

true if this Matcher supports provided object, false otherwise

match

boolean match(@Nullable
              Object first,
              @Nullable
              Object second)

Compares two objects and returns whether they match or not.

Parameters:

first - first matched object

second - second matched object

Returns:

true if provided objects match, otherwise false