com.alee.api.merge

Interface RecursiveMerge

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface RecursiveMerge
extends Serializable

Recursive merge providing some extra options for GlobalMergeBehaviors.

Author:

Mikle Garin

See Also:

How to use Merge, Merge

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	merge(Class type, Object base, Object merged, int depth) Performs merge result of the two provided objects and returns resulting object.
<T> T	mergeFields(Class type, Object base, Object merged, int depth) Performs merge result of the two provided objects with all field values merged according to Merge settings.
Object	overwrite(Object base, Object merged) Returns overwrite operation resulting object.

Method Detail

merge

@Nullable
<T> T merge(@NotNull
                      Class type,
                      @Nullable
                      Object base,
                      @Nullable
                      Object merged,
                      int depth)

Performs merge result of the two provided objects and returns resulting object.

Type Parameters:

T - resulting object type

Parameters:

type - expected resulting object Class type

base - base object

merged - object to merge

depth - merge calls stack depth

Returns:

merge result of the two provided objects and returns resulting object

mergeFields

@NotNull
<T> T mergeFields(@NotNull
                           Class type,
                           @NotNull
                           Object base,
                           @NotNull
                           Object merged,
                           int depth)

Performs merge result of the two provided objects with all field values merged according to Merge settings.

Type Parameters:

T - resulting object type

Parameters:

type - expected resulting object Class type

base - base object

merged - object to merge

depth - merge calls stack depth

Returns:

merge result of the two provided objects with all field values merged according to Merge settings

overwrite

@Nullable
Object overwrite(@Nullable
                           Object base,
                           @Nullable
                           Object merged)

Returns overwrite operation resulting object. This is an utility method mostly for GlobalMergeBehavior implementations.

Parameters:

base - object to overwrite

merged - overwriting object

Returns:

overwrite operation resulting object