net.sf.adatagenerator.pred
Interface Predicate<R>

Type Parameters:

R - the record type

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPredicate, ExactMatchPredicate, ReflectionPredicate, StringPredicate, TrimmedStringsLowerCase, TrimmedSubstringsLowerCase

Deprecated. Moved to the com.choicemaker.correlation package

public interface Predicate<R>

A predicate is a simple boolean test on a pair of records. Typically, a predicate checks some condition on one or a small number of fields of the records. For example, a predicate might check whether two fields agree exactly or approximately or not at all.

Author:

rphall

Method Summary

boolean	evaluate(com.choicemaker.shared.api.CMPair<? extends R> pair) Deprecated. Evaluates whether a pair of records satisfies this predicate.
String	getName() Deprecated.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Deprecated.

evaluate

boolean evaluate(com.choicemaker.shared.api.CMPair<? extends R> pair)
                 throws EvaluationException

Deprecated.

Evaluates whether a pair of records satisfies this predicate.

Parameters:

pair - a non-null pair of records

Returns:

true if the pairs satisfies this predicate; false otherwise

Throws:

EvaluationException - if an exception occurs during the evaluation