org.revapi

Interface ElementMatcher

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Configurable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseElementMatcher

public interface ElementMatcher
extends Configurable, AutoCloseable

An element matcher is a helper extension to other extensions that need to figure out if a certain element meets certain criteria.

Author:

Lukas Krejci

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	ElementMatcher.CompiledRecipe A "compiled" representation of a textual recipe.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Optional<ElementMatcher.CompiledRecipe>	compile(String recipe) Tries to compile the provided recipe into a form that can test individual elements.

Methods inherited from interface org.revapi.configuration.Configurable

getExtensionId, getJSONSchema, initialize

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.AutoCloseable

close

Method Detail

compile

Optional<ElementMatcher.CompiledRecipe> compile(String recipe)

Tries to compile the provided recipe into a form that can test individual elements.

Parameters:

recipe - the recipe to compile

Returns:

a compiled recipe or empty optional if the string cannot be compiled by this matcher