hu.elte.eserial.annotation.inclusionrule

Class IncludeElementsInclusionRule

java.lang.Object

hu.elte.eserial.annotation.inclusionrule.AbstractInclusionRule<IncludeElements>

hu.elte.eserial.annotation.inclusionrule.IncludeElementsInclusionRule

public class IncludeElementsInclusionRule
extends AbstractInclusionRule<IncludeElements>

Evaluates IncludeElements annotations.

See Also:

AbstractInclusionRule

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class hu.elte.eserial.annotation.inclusionrule.AbstractInclusionRule

annotation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	evaluate(EserialElement element) The field name is extracted from the element's accessor method (even if it doesn't exist) and used to decide whether the value should be included.
boolean	isInclusionRule() Describes whether this rule is an inclusion or an exclusion rule. For inclusion rules the processing should be stopped when the AbstractInclusionRule.evaluate(hu.elte.eserial.model.EserialElement) returns true. For exclusion rules the processing should be stopped when the AbstractInclusionRule.evaluate(hu.elte.eserial.model.EserialElement) returns false.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(EserialElement element)

The field name is extracted from the element's accessor method (even if it doesn't exist) and used to decide whether the value should be included.

Specified by:

evaluate in class AbstractInclusionRule<IncludeElements>

Parameters:

element - an element containing the getter or setter to be checked and the value of the field

Returns:

true if the (virtual) field name is in the annotation's property list

isInclusionRule

public boolean isInclusionRule()

Description copied from class: AbstractInclusionRule

Describes whether this rule is an inclusion or an exclusion rule.

For inclusion rules the processing should be stopped when the AbstractInclusionRule.evaluate(hu.elte.eserial.model.EserialElement) returns true.
For exclusion rules the processing should be stopped when the AbstractInclusionRule.evaluate(hu.elte.eserial.model.EserialElement) returns false.

Specified by:

isInclusionRule in class AbstractInclusionRule<IncludeElements>

Returns:

true if this is an inclusion rule, false if it's an exclusion rule