it.unimi.di.mg4j.document
Interface DispatchingDocumentFactory.DispatchingStrategy

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DispatchingDocumentFactory.StringBasedDispatchingStrategy

Enclosing class:

DispatchingDocumentFactory

public static interface DispatchingDocumentFactory.DispatchingStrategy
extends Serializable

A strategy that decides which factory is appropriate using the document metadata.

Method Summary

int	factoryNumber(Reference2ObjectMap<Enum<?>,Object> metadata, PropertyBasedDocumentFactory factory) Decides the index of the factory to be used for the given metadata, possibly using a factory to resolve property names.

Method Detail

factoryNumber

int factoryNumber(Reference2ObjectMap<Enum<?>,Object> metadata,
                  PropertyBasedDocumentFactory factory)

Decides the index of the factory to be used for the given metadata, possibly using a factory to resolve property names.

Parameters:

metadata - the metadata of the document to be produced.

factory - the factory used to resolve metadata names.

Returns:

the factory index.