Package com.aquima.interactions.matching

Interface IMatchFunctionFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CrossTableMatchFactory, DateRampMatchFactory, ExactNumberMatchFactory, ExactStringMatchFactory, FullTextMatchFactory, LevenshteinMatchFactory, NormDistMatchFactory, NumberRampMatchFactory, RangeMatchFactory, TrigramMatchFactory

public interface IMatchFunctionFactory

This interface may be implemented by objects capable of providing match function implementations of a specific type.

Since:

6.2

Author:

O. Kerpershoek, F. van der Meer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IMatchFunction	getMatchFunction(String name, IMatchFunctionParameters parameters)	This method constructs a match function for a specific match type definition with the specified name and parameters.
String	getTypeName()	This method returns the type name of the match functions this factory can provide for.

Method Details

getTypeName

String getTypeName()

This method returns the type name of the match functions this factory can provide for.

Returns:

the type name of the match functions this factory can provide for.

getMatchFunction

IMatchFunction getMatchFunction(String name,
 IMatchFunctionParameters parameters)

This method constructs a match function for a specific match type definition with the specified name and parameters. After construction of this function the object is expected to be reentrant. When a match function could not be created the factory should throw an exception, when the match function could not be found a null pointer should be returned.

Parameters:

name - The name of the user created match function.

parameters - The parameters which can be used to initialize a match function with specific settings.

Returns:

A match function implementation object. If the match function was unknown null can be returned.

Throws:

InitializationException - This exception is thrown when the match function could not be initialized, for instance due to invalid parameters.