com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.match

Interface MatchingRule<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMatchingRule, DistinguishedNameMatchingRule, ExchangeEmailAddressesMatchingRule, PolyStringNormMatchingRule, PolyStringOrigMatchingRule, PolyStringStrictMatchingRule, StringIgnoreCaseMatchingRule, UuidMatchingRule, XmlMatchingRule

public interface MatchingRule<T>

Interface for generic matching rules. The responsibility of a matching rule is to decide if two objects of the same type match. This may seem a simple thing to do but the details may get quite complex. E.g. comparing string in case sensitive or insensitive manner, comparing PolyStrings, etc.

Author:

Radovan Semancik

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
QName	getName() QName that identifies the rule.
boolean	isSupported(QName xsdType) Returns true if the rule can be applied to the specified XSD type.
boolean	match(T a, T b) Matches two objects.
boolean	matchRegex(T a, String regex) Matches value against given regex.
T	normalize(T original) Returns a normalized version of the value.

Method Detail

getName

QName getName()

QName that identifies the rule. This QName may be used to refer to this specific matching rule, it is an matching rule identifier.

isSupported

boolean isSupported(QName xsdType)

Returns true if the rule can be applied to the specified XSD type.

match

boolean match(T a,
            T b)
              throws SchemaException

Matches two objects.

Throws:

SchemaException

matchRegex

boolean matchRegex(T a,
                 String regex)
                   throws SchemaException

Matches value against given regex.

Throws:

SchemaException

normalize

T normalize(T original)
            throws SchemaException

Returns a normalized version of the value. For normalized version the following holds: if A matches B then normalize(A) == normalize(B)

Throws:

SchemaException