com.alee.api.merge

Interface GlobalMergeBehavior<O,M,R>

Type Parameters:

O - base object type

M - merged object type

R - resulting object type

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicMergeBehavior, IndexArrayMergeBehavior, IndexListMergeBehavior, ListMergeBehavior, MapMergeBehavior, MergeableMergeBehavior, ReflectionMergeBehavior

public interface GlobalMergeBehavior<O,M,R>
extends Serializable

Global objects merge behavior. It is asked to perform merge if it supports(RecursiveMerge, Class, Object, Object) provided objects.

Author:

Mikle Garin

See Also:

How to use Merge, Merge

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
R	merge(RecursiveMerge merge, Class type, O base, M merged, int depth) Performs merge of the two provided objects and returns resulting object.
boolean	supports(RecursiveMerge merge, Class<R> type, Object base, Object merged) Returns whether or not this behavior supports specified objects merge.

Method Detail

supports

boolean supports(@NotNull
                 RecursiveMerge merge,
                 @NotNull
                 Class<R> type,
                 @NotNull
                 Object base,
                 @NotNull
                 Object merged)

Returns whether or not this behavior supports specified objects merge.

Parameters:

merge - RecursiveMerge algorithm

type - expected resulting object Class type

base - base object, should never be null

merged - object to merge, should never be null

Returns:

true if this behavior supports specified objects merge, false otherwise

merge

@NotNull
R merge(@NotNull
                 RecursiveMerge merge,
                 @NotNull
                 Class type,
                 @NotNull
                 O base,
                 @NotNull
                 M merged,
                 int depth)

Performs merge of the two provided objects and returns resulting object. Depending on the case it might be one of the two provided objects or their merge result.

Parameters:

merge - RecursiveMerge algorithm

type - expected resulting object Class type

base - base object, should never be null

merged - object to merge, should never be null

depth - merge calls stack depth

Returns:

merge result