com.nearform.patrun
Interface Modifier

public interface Modifier

An interface for a custom modifier used to customise the find and remove methods

Method Summary

Object	find(Patrun pm, Map<String,String> pat, Object data) Called when a node is matched against a pattern on the find method of Patrun
Boolean	remove(Patrun pm, Map<String,String> pat, Object data) Called when a node is about to be removed from the decision tree

Method Detail

find

Object find(Patrun pm,
            Map<String,String> pat,
            Object data)

Called when a node is matched against a pattern on the find method of Patrun

Parameters:

pm - the instance of the Patrun object

pat - the match pattern that was provided in the call to find on Patrun

data - the data object found that matches the pattern

Returns:

the data object to be returned from the find call on Patrun

remove

Boolean remove(Patrun pm,
               Map<String,String> pat,
               Object data)

Called when a node is about to be removed from the decision tree

Parameters:

pm - the instance of the Patrun object

pat - the match pattern that was provided in the call to remove on Patrun

data - the data object found that matches the pattern

Returns:

true if the object is to be deleted