net.sf.xmlmatcher
Interface MatchingStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AngleMatchingStrategy, ChildrenOkMatchingStrategy, ElementSequenceMatchingStrategy, ElementSetMatchingStrategy, EqualTextValueMatchingStrategy, FloatingNumbersMatchingStrategy, RegExElementsMatchingStrategy, RegExTextMatchingStrategy, TextValueMatchingStrategy, TimeOfDayMatchingStrategy, WildcardMatchingStrategy

public interface MatchingStrategy

Basic features of any matching strategy

Method Summary

void	matchContent(org.w3c.dom.Element template, org.w3c.dom.Element actual, Matcher matcher)
boolean	select(org.w3c.dom.Element template, boolean hasChildren)

Method Detail

select

boolean select(org.w3c.dom.Element template,
               boolean hasChildren)
               throws InvalidTemplateException

Parameters:

template - template Element to compare

hasChildren - true if given template element has children elements

Returns:

true if this strategy can handle comparison of given template to some actual element

Throws:

InvalidTemplateException

matchContent

void matchContent(org.w3c.dom.Element template,
                  org.w3c.dom.Element actual,
                  Matcher matcher)
                  throws MatcherException

Parameters:

template - Element

actual - Element

matcher - Matcher (allows to match deeper levels)

Throws:

MatcherException