be.SIRAPRISE.util

Class OrdinalTransformer<S1,S2>

java.lang.Object

be.SIRAPRISE.util.OrdinalTransformer<S1,S2>

Type Parameters:

S1 - The type of the element to be transformed

S2 - The type of the elements to be transformed into

public abstract class OrdinalTransformer<S1,S2>
extends java.lang.Object

A generic "transformer" class for transforming ordinal appearances of instances of class S1 to instances of class S2

Author:

Erwin

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OrdinalTransformer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract S2	transform(S1 from, int ordinal) Returns an object of class <S2> that is in some sense equivalent to the given from object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OrdinalTransformer

public OrdinalTransformer()

Method Detail

transform

public abstract S2 transform(S1 from,
                             int ordinal)

Returns an object of class <S2> that is in some sense equivalent to the given from object

Parameters:

from - an object for which an equivalent object of another class is to be returned

ordinal - The ordinal position that the 'from' object occupies in a collection it appears in, and which will be reflected somehow in the <S2> object state returned

Returns:

an object of class <S2> that is in some sense equivalent to the given from object