org.hamcrest
Class FeatureMatcher<T,U>

java.lang.Object
  org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher<T>
      org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<T>
          org.hamcrest.FeatureMatcher<T,U>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object to be matched

U - The type of the feature to be matched

All Implemented Interfaces:

Matcher<T>, SelfDescribing

public abstract class FeatureMatcher<T,U>
extends TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<T>

Supporting class for matching a feature of an object. Implement featureValueOf() in a subclass to pull out the feature to be matched against.

Constructor Summary

FeatureMatcher(Matcher<? super U> subMatcher, String featureDescription, String featureName)
Constructor

Method Summary

void	describeTo(Description description) Generates a description of the object.
protected abstract U	featureValueOf(T actual) Implement this to extract the interesting feature.
protected boolean	matchesSafely(T actual, Description mismatch) Subclasses should implement this.

Methods inherited from class org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher

describeMismatch, matches

Methods inherited from class org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher

_dont_implement_Matcher___instead_extend_BaseMatcher_, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FeatureMatcher

public FeatureMatcher(Matcher<? super U> subMatcher,
                      String featureDescription,
                      String featureName)

Constructor

Parameters:

subMatcher - The matcher to apply to the feature

featureDescription - Descriptive text to use in describeTo

featureName - Identifying text for mismatch message

Method Detail

featureValueOf

protected abstract U featureValueOf(T actual)

Implement this to extract the interesting feature.

Parameters:

actual - the target object

Returns:

the feature to be matched

matchesSafely

protected boolean matchesSafely(T actual,
                                Description mismatch)

Description copied from class: TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher

Subclasses should implement this. The item will already have been checked for the specific type and will never be null.

Specified by:

matchesSafely in class TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<T>

describeTo

public final void describeTo(Description description)

Description copied from interface: SelfDescribing

Generates a description of the object. The description may be part of a a description of a larger object of which this is just a component, so it should be worded appropriately.

Parameters:

description - The description to be built or appended to.