org.mule.transformer

Class TransformerWeighting

java.lang.Object

org.mule.transformer.TransformerWeighting

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

public class TransformerWeighting
extends Object
implements Comparable

Given a Transformer instance, an input class and output class this object will create a weighting for a transformer. This weighthing can be used compare one transformer with another, which can be useful for choosing a transformer to use given the input class and required output class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TransformerWeighting(Class inputClass, Class outputClass, Transformer transformer)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(Object o)
boolean	equals(Object o)
Class	getInputClass()
int	getInputWeighting()
Class	getOutputClass()
int	getOutputWeighting()
Transformer	getTransformer()
protected int	getWeighting(int weighting, Class src, Class dest) This is a very basic algorithm for creating a match rating for two classes.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isExactMatch()
boolean	isNotMatch()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TransformerWeighting

public TransformerWeighting(Class inputClass,
                    Class outputClass,
                    Transformer transformer)

Method Detail

getWeighting

protected int getWeighting(int weighting,
               Class src,
               Class dest)

This is a very basic algorithm for creating a match rating for two classes. An offset weighting can also be passed in. Where w is weighting, if the classes are not assignable but the src is a primitive type, the w for the corresponding object type will be returned, otherwise return -1 if the classes match exactly and dest is Object then w+3 is returned if the classes match exactly and dest is not Object then w+1 is returned if the classes are assignable and there is a direct equality to an interface on the class, w+2 is returned, If there a super class, that will get matched using the above criteria but using w = w + 1 If there is no match -1 is returned

Parameters:

weighting - an offset weighting, by default -1 should be used

src - the src class being matched

dest - the destination class to match to

Returns:

a weighting where 0 would be an exact match, -1 would be no match and a positive integer that defines how close the match is

getInputClass

public Class getInputClass()

getInputWeighting

public int getInputWeighting()

getOutputClass

public Class getOutputClass()

getOutputWeighting

public int getOutputWeighting()

getTransformer

public Transformer getTransformer()

isExactMatch

public boolean isExactMatch()

isNotMatch

public boolean isNotMatch()

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object