Interface CodeAdvancedMergeableItem<S extends CodeAdvancedMergeableItem<S>>

Type Parameters:

S - type of the item that can be merged with this item. Will typically be this type itself.

All Superinterfaces:

CodeItem, CodeMergeableItem<S>

All Known Subinterfaces:

CodeConstructor, CodeConstructors, CodeField, CodeFields, CodeMethod, CodeMethods, CodeNestedTypes, CodeType

public interface CodeAdvancedMergeableItem<S extends CodeAdvancedMergeableItem<S>>
extends CodeMergeableItem<S>

CodeMergeableItem with advanced merge.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface CodeItem

DEFAULT_INDENT, DEFAULT_NEWLINE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default S	merge(S other)
default S	merge(S other, CodeMergeStrategyDecider decider)
S	merge(S other, CodeMergeStrategyDecider decider, CodeMergeStrategy parentStrategy)

Methods inherited from interface CodeItem

getLanguage, getSourceCode, write, write, write, write, write, write

Method Details

merge

default S merge(S other)

Specified by:

merge in interface CodeMergeableItem<S extends CodeAdvancedMergeableItem<S>>

Parameters:

other - the other item to merge.

Returns:

the result of the merge. May be this item where the merge was invoked on, or the given other item.

merge

default S merge(S other,
 CodeMergeStrategyDecider decider)

Parameters:

other - the other item to merge.

decider - the CodeMergeStrategyDecider that can choose the CodeMergeStrategy dynamically.

Returns:

the result of the merge. May be this item where the merge was invoked on, or the given other item.

merge

S merge(S other,
 CodeMergeStrategyDecider decider,
 CodeMergeStrategy parentStrategy)

Parameters:

other - the other item to merge.

decider - the CodeMergeStrategyDecider that can choose the CodeMergeStrategy dynamically.

parentStrategy - the CodeMergeStrategy that has been decided for the parent in case of a recursive merge invocation.

Returns:

the result of the merge. May be this item where the merge was invoked on, or the given other item.