Class Qualifiers

java.lang.Object

org.microbean.assign.Qualifiers

org.microbean.bean.Qualifiers

public class Qualifiers
extends Qualifiers

A Qualifiers extended to work with commonly-used any, default, and primordial qualifiers.

Author:

Laird Nelson

See Also:

• Qualifiers
• Attributes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Qualifiers()	Creates a new Qualifiers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Attributes>	anyAndDefaultQualifiers()	Returns an unmodifiable List consisting solely of the unattributed any qualifier and the default qualifier.
Attributes	anyQualifier()	Returns the unattributed any qualifier.
boolean	anyQualifier(Attributes a)	Returns true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the unattributed any qualifier.
List<Attributes>	anyQualifiers()	Returns an immutable List consisting solely of the unattributed any qualifier.
Attributes	defaultQualifier()	Returns the default qualifier.
boolean	defaultQualifier(Attributes a)	Returns true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the default qualifier.
List<Attributes>	defaultQualifiers()	Returns an immutable List consisting solely of the default qualifier.
List<Attributes>	normalize(List<Attributes> list)	Returns an immutable List of Attributess that is equal to the supplied List.
Attributes	normalize(Attributes a)	Returns an Attributes that is equal to the supplied Attributes.
Attributes	primordialQualifier()	Returns the primordial qualifier.
boolean	primordialQualifier(Attributes a)	Returns true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the primordial qualifier.
List<Attributes>	primordialQualifiers()	Returns an immutable List consisting solely of the primordial qualifier.
List<Attributes>	qualifiers(Collection<? extends Attributes> c)	Returns an unmodifiable List consisting only of those Attributes in the supplied Collection that are qualifiers.

Methods inherited from class Qualifiers

qualifier, qualifier, qualifiers

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

Qualifiers

public Qualifiers()

Creates a new Qualifiers.

Method Details

anyAndDefaultQualifiers

public List<Attributes> anyAndDefaultQualifiers()

Returns an unmodifiable List consisting solely of the unattributed any qualifier and the default qualifier.

Returns:

an unmodifiable List consisting solely of the unattributed any qualifier and the default qualifier; never null

See Also:

• anyQualifier()
• defaultQualifier()

anyQualifier

public Attributes anyQualifier()

Returns the unattributed any qualifier.

Returns:

the any qualifier; never null

See Also:

• anyQualifiers()

anyQualifier

public boolean anyQualifier(Attributes a)

Returns true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the unattributed any qualifier.

Parameters:

a - an Attributes; must not be null

Returns:

true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the unattributed any qualifier

Throws:

NullPointerException - if a is null

anyQualifiers

public List<Attributes> anyQualifiers()

Returns an immutable List consisting solely of the unattributed any qualifier.

Returns:

an immutable List; never null

See Also:

• anyQualifier()

defaultQualifier

public Attributes defaultQualifier()

Returns the default qualifier.

Returns:

the default qualifier; never null

See Also:

• defaultQualifiers()

defaultQualifier

public boolean defaultQualifier(Attributes a)

Returns true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the default qualifier.

Parameters:

a - an Attributes; must not be null

Returns:

true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the default qualifier

Throws:

NullPointerException - if a is null

defaultQualifiers

public List<Attributes> defaultQualifiers()

Returns an immutable List consisting solely of the default qualifier.

Returns:

an immutable List; never null

See Also:

• defaultQualifier()

normalize

public Attributes normalize(Attributes a)

Returns an Attributes that is equal to the supplied Attributes.

The returned Attributes may be the supplied Attributes or a different instance.

Overrides:

normalize in class Qualifiers

Parameters:

a - an Attributes; must not be null

Returns:

an Attributes that is equal to the supplied Attributes; never null

Throws:

NullPointerException - if a is null

normalize

public List<Attributes> normalize(List<Attributes> list)

Returns an immutable List of Attributess that is equal to the supplied List.

The returned List may be the supplied List or a different instance.

Overrides:

normalize in class Qualifiers

Parameters:

list - a List of Attributess; must not be null

Returns:

an immutable List of Attributess that is equal to the supplied List; never null

Throws:

NullPointerException - if list is null

primordialQualifier

public Attributes primordialQualifier()

Returns the primordial qualifier.

Returns:

the primordial qualifier; never null

See Also:

• primordialQualifiers()

primordialQualifier

public boolean primordialQualifier(Attributes a)

Returns true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the primordial qualifier.

Parameters:

a - an Attributes; must not be null

Returns:

true if and only if the supplied Attributes is equal to the primordial qualifier

Throws:

NullPointerException - if a is null

primordialQualifiers

public List<Attributes> primordialQualifiers()

Returns an immutable List consisting solely of the primordial qualifier.

Returns:

an immutable List; never null

See Also:

• primordialQualifier()

qualifiers

public List<Attributes> qualifiers(Collection<? extends Attributes> c)

Returns an unmodifiable List consisting only of those Attributes in the supplied Collection that are qualifiers.

Overrides:

qualifiers in class Qualifiers

Parameters:

c - a Collection of Attributess; must not be null

Returns:

an unmodifiable List consisting only of those Attributess in the supplied Collection that are qualifiers; never null

Throws:

NullPointerException - if c is null