org.apache.commons.collections.functors

Class OrPredicate

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.collections.functors.OrPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, PredicateDecorator, Predicate

public final class OrPredicate
extends java.lang.Object
implements Predicate, PredicateDecorator, java.io.Serializable

Predicate implementation that returns true if either of the predicates return true.

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OrPredicate(Predicate predicate1, Predicate predicate2) Constructor that performs no validation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	evaluate(java.lang.Object object) Evaluates the predicate returning true if either predicate returns true.
static Predicate	getInstance(Predicate predicate1, Predicate predicate2) Factory to create the predicate.
Predicate[]	getPredicates() Gets the two predicates being decorated as an array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OrPredicate

public OrPredicate(Predicate predicate1,
                   Predicate predicate2)

Constructor that performs no validation. Use getInstance if you want that.

Parameters:

predicate1 - the first predicate to check, not null

predicate2 - the second predicate to check, not null

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Predicate getInstance(Predicate predicate1,
                                    Predicate predicate2)

Factory to create the predicate.

Parameters:

predicate1 - the first predicate to check, not null

predicate2 - the second predicate to check, not null

Returns:

the and predicate

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if either predicate is null

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(java.lang.Object object)

Evaluates the predicate returning true if either predicate returns true.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface Predicate

Parameters:

object - the input object

Returns:

true if either decorated predicate returns true

getPredicates

public Predicate[] getPredicates()

Gets the two predicates being decorated as an array.

Specified by:

getPredicates in interface PredicateDecorator

Returns:

the predicates

Since:

Commons Collections 3.1