binarystringpredicate.java

Mandarax是一个规则引擎的纯Java实现。它支持多类型的事实和基于反映的规则

/*
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</a>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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 */
package org.mandarax.lib.text;


import org.mandarax.kernel.*;

/**
 * Abstract superclass for predicates associating two strings.
 * @author <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</A>
 * @version 3.4 <7 March 05>
 * @since 1.4
 */
public abstract class BinaryStringPredicate
        extends org.mandarax.lib.AbstractPredicate {

    private static Class[] structure = { String.class, String.class };

    /**
     * Get the structure of the predicate.
     * @return the structure of the predicate
     */
    public Class[] getStructure() {
        return structure;
    }

    /**
     * Perform the function or predicate using an array of terms as parameters.
     * @return an object
     * @param parameter an array of terms
     * @param session a session object
     * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
     * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
     */
    public Object perform(Term[] parameter,Session session) throws IllegalArgumentException, UnsupportedOperationException {
        String s1, s2;

        try {
            s1 = (String) (parameter[0].resolve (session));
            s2 = (String) (parameter[1].resolve (session));
        } catch(Exception x) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException ();
        }

        if(s1 == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException ();
        }

        return(evaluate (s1, s2))
              ? Boolean.TRUE
              : Boolean.FALSE;
    }

    /**
     * Evaluate the two values using the predicate.
     * @return true or false
     * @param s1 value 1
     * @param s2 value 2
     */
    protected abstract boolean evaluate(String s1, String s2);
}