Package com.thaiopensource.validate

Interface Option

All Known Implementing Classes:

FlagOption, SchematronProperty.PhaseOption, StringOption

public interface Option

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	combine(Object[] values)	Combines multiple values of an option into a single value.
PropertyId<?>	getPropertyId()
Object	valueOf(String arg)

Method Details

getPropertyId

PropertyId<?> getPropertyId()

valueOf

Object valueOf(String arg)
        throws OptionArgumentException

Throws:

OptionArgumentException

combine

Object combine(Object[] values)

Combines multiple values of an option into a single value. A property whose value is logically a sequence may be represented by multiple options each representing a single member of the sequence.

Parameters:

values - an array of values to be combined

Returns:

an Object representing the combination, or null if they cannot be combined