IMatchEngine.Factory.Registry (EMF Compare API Specification)

All Known Implementing Classes:: MatchEngineFactoryRegistryImpl, MatchEngineFactoryRegistryWrapper

Enclosing interface:: IMatchEngine.Factory

public static interface IMatchEngine.Factory.Registry

A registry of IMatchEngine.Factory.

Since:: 3.0
Restriction:
Restriction:: This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IMatchEngine.Factory`	`add(IMatchEngine.Factory matchEngineFactory)`	Add to the registry the given `IMatchEngine.Factory`.
`void`	`clear()`	Clear the registry.
`IMatchEngine.Factory`	`getHighestRankingMatchEngineFactory(IComparisonScope scope)`	Returns the match engine factory, for the given scope, owning the highest ranking.
`java.util.List<IMatchEngine.Factory>`	`getMatchEngineFactories(IComparisonScope scope)`	Returns the list of `IMatchEngine.Factory` contained in the registry.
`IMatchEngine.Factory`	`remove(java.lang.String className)`	Remove from the registry the `IMatchEngine.Factory` designated by the given `String` .

Method Details
- getHighestRankingMatchEngineFactory
  
  IMatchEngine.Factory getHighestRankingMatchEngineFactory(IComparisonScope scope)
  
  Returns the match engine factory, for the given scope, owning the highest ranking.
  
  Parameters:
  
  scope - The given scope.
  
  Returns:
  
  The found match engine factory.
- getMatchEngineFactories
  
  java.util.List<IMatchEngine.Factory> getMatchEngineFactories(IComparisonScope scope)
  
  Returns the list of IMatchEngine.Factory contained in the registry.
  
  Parameters:
  
  scope - The scope on which the match engine factories will be applied.
  
  Returns:
  
  The list of IMatchEngine.Factory contained in the registry.
- add
  
  IMatchEngine.Factory add(IMatchEngine.Factory matchEngineFactory)
  
  Add to the registry the given IMatchEngine.Factory.
  
  Parameters:
  
  matchEngineFactory - The given IMatchEngine.Factory.
  
  Returns:
  
  The previous value associated with the class name of the given IMatchEngine.Factory, or null if there was no entry in the registry for the class name.
- remove
  
  IMatchEngine.Factory remove(java.lang.String className)
  
  Remove from the registry the IMatchEngine.Factory designated by the given String .
  
  Parameters:
  
  className - The given String representing a IMatchEngine.Factory.
  
  Returns:
  
  The IMatchEngine.Factory designated by the given String.
- clear
  
  void clear()
  
  Clear the registry.