Package org.pipservices3.commons.reflect

Class TypeMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.pipservices3.commons.reflect.TypeMatcher

public class TypeMatcher
extends Object

Helper class matches value types for equality.

This class has symmetric implementation across all languages supported by Pip.Services toolkit and used to support dynamic data processing.

See Also:

• TypeCode

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TypeMatcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	matchType(Object expectedType, TypeCode actualType)	Matches expected type to an actual type.
static boolean	matchType(Object expectedType, TypeCode actualType, Object actualValue)	Matches expected type to an actual type.
static boolean	matchTypeByName(String expectedType, TypeCode actualType)	Matches expected type to an actual type.
static boolean	matchTypeByName(String expectedType, TypeCode actualType, Object actualValue)	Matches expected type to an actual type.
static boolean	matchValueType(Object expectedType, Object actualValue)	Matches expected type to a type of a value.
static boolean	matchValueTypeByName(String expectedType, Object actualValue)	Matches expected type to a type of a value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TypeMatcher

public TypeMatcher()

Method Details

matchValueType

public static boolean matchValueType(Object expectedType,
 Object actualValue)

Matches expected type to a type of a value. The expected type can be specified by a type, type name or TypeCode.

Parameters:

expectedType - an expected type to match.

actualValue - a value to match its type to the expected one.

Returns:

true if types are matching and false if they don't.

See Also:

• matchType(Object, TypeCode)
• (for matching by types' string names)

matchType

public static boolean matchType(Object expectedType,
 TypeCode actualType,
 Object actualValue)

Matches expected type to an actual type. The types can be specified as types, type names or TypeCode.

Parameters:

expectedType - an expected type to match.

actualType - an actual type to match.

actualValue - an optional value to match its type to the expected one.

Returns:

true if types are matching and false if they don't.

See Also:

• matchTypeByName(String, TypeCode)

matchType

public static boolean matchType(Object expectedType,
 TypeCode actualType)

Matches expected type to an actual type. The types can be specified as types, type names or TypeCode.

Parameters:

expectedType - an expected type to match.

actualType - an actual type to match.

Returns:

true if types are matching and false if they don't.

See Also:

• matchTypeByName(String, TypeCode)

matchValueTypeByName

public static boolean matchValueTypeByName(String expectedType,
 Object actualValue)

Matches expected type to a type of a value.

Parameters:

expectedType - an expected type name to match.

actualValue - a value to match its type to the expected one.

Returns:

true if types are matching and false if they don't.

matchTypeByName

public static boolean matchTypeByName(String expectedType,
 TypeCode actualType,
 Object actualValue)

Matches expected type to an actual type.

Parameters:

expectedType - an expected type name to match.

actualType - an actual type to match defined by type code.

actualValue - an optional value to match its type to the expected one.

Returns:

true if types are matching and false if they don't.

matchTypeByName

public static boolean matchTypeByName(String expectedType,
 TypeCode actualType)

Matches expected type to an actual type.

Parameters:

expectedType - an expected type name to match.

actualType - an actual type to match defined by type code.

Returns:

true if types are matching and false if they don't.