net.sf.molae.pipe.trafo
Class MapAsTransformer

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Transformer, TwoWayTransformer

public final class MapAsTransformer

extends Object

implements TwoWayTransformer

Implements a transformer on the basis of a Map. The transformation is defined for each element of the key set of the map. The result of the transformation is the associated value of the key in the map. The retransformation is defined for each element of the value set of the map. The result of the retransformation is the associated key of the value in the map.

Constructor Summary

MapAsTransformer(Map base)
Constructs a MapAsTransformer object.

Method Summary

boolean	isRetrievable(Object input) Indicates if this transformer is injective.
Object	retransform(Object input) Returns a key of the base map that has the specified value.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.
Object	transform(Object input) Returns the value of the specified key in the base map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MapAsTransformer

public MapAsTransformer(Map base)

Constructs a MapAsTransformer object.

Parameters:

base - the underlying map

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any of the specified objects is null.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of the object.

transform

public Object transform(Object input)

Returns the value of the specified key in the base map. If an exception occurred, null is returned.

Specified by:

transform in interface Transformer

Parameters:

input - the object to transform

Returns:

the value of the specified key in the base map

retransform

public Object retransform(Object input)

Returns a key of the base map that has the specified value.

Specified by:

retransform in interface TwoWayTransformer

Parameters:

input - the object for which the transformation origin is searched.

Returns:

a key of the base map that has the specified value

isRetrievable

public boolean isRetrievable(Object input)

Indicates if this transformer is injective. Returns false because the underlying map can change and it cannot be guaranteed that the object is retrievable.

Specified by:

isRetrievable in interface TwoWayTransformer

Following copied from interface: net.sf.molae.pipe.trafo.TwoWayTransformer

Parameters:

input - the object for which the transformation origin is searched.

Returns:

true if the origin of the specified object can be calculated.