Package org.apache.commons.collections.functors

Class TransformedPredicate

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.collections.functors.TransformedPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, PredicateDecorator, Predicate

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

Predicate implementation that transforms the given object before invoking another Predicate.

Since:

Commons Collections 3.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TransformedPredicate(Transformer transformer, Predicate predicate)	Constructor that performs no validation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	evaluate(java.lang.Object object)	Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated predicate once the input has been transformed
static Predicate	getInstance(Transformer transformer, Predicate predicate)	Factory to create the predicate.
Predicate[]	getPredicates()	Gets the predicate being decorated.
Transformer	getTransformer()	Gets the transformer in use.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TransformedPredicate

public TransformedPredicate(Transformer transformer,
                            Predicate predicate)

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

Parameters:

transformer - the transformer to use

predicate - the predicate to decorate

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Predicate getInstance(Transformer transformer,
                                    Predicate predicate)

Factory to create the predicate.

Parameters:

transformer - the transformer to call

predicate - the predicate to call with the result of the transform

Returns:

the predicate

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the transformer or the predicate is null

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(java.lang.Object object)

Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated predicate once the input has been transformed

Specified by:

evaluate in interface Predicate

Parameters:

object - the input object which will be transformed

Returns:

true if decorated predicate returns true

getPredicates

public Predicate[] getPredicates()

Gets the predicate being decorated.

Specified by:

getPredicates in interface PredicateDecorator

Returns:

the predicate as the only element in an array

Since:

Commons Collections 3.1

getTransformer

public Transformer getTransformer()

Gets the transformer in use.

Returns:

the transformer