Package com.aquima.interactions.matching

Interface IMatchTypeFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMatchTypeFactory, LinkedMatchTypeFactory, MatchTypeFactory

public interface IMatchTypeFactory

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

Since:

6.2

Author:

O. Kerpershoek, F. van der Meer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IMatchFunction	getMatchFunction(String typeName, String name, IMatchFunctionParameters parameters)	This method constructs a match function for a specific match type definition with the specified name and parameters.

Method Details

getMatchFunction

IMatchFunction getMatchFunction(String typeName,
 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:

typeName - The type name of the match function.

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.