bibliothek.util
Interface PathCombiner

public interface PathCombiner

Generic algorithm to combine two Paths into one Path.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Field Summary

static PathCombiner	APPEND This combiner uses Path.append(Path) to combine its paths.
static PathCombiner	SECOND This combiner always discards the first path and just returns the second.
static PathCombiner	UNIQUE This combiner uses Path.uniqueAppend(Path) to combine its paths.

Method Summary

Path	combine(Path first, Path second) Creates a combination of first and of second.

Field Detail

APPEND

static final PathCombiner APPEND

This combiner uses Path.append(Path) to combine its paths.

UNIQUE

static final PathCombiner UNIQUE

This combiner uses Path.uniqueAppend(Path) to combine its paths.

SECOND

static final PathCombiner SECOND

This combiner always discards the first path and just returns the second.

Method Detail

combine

Path combine(Path first,
             Path second)

Creates a combination of first and of second. It is up to this combiner how the combination looks. This method must respect only one condition: combine( x, y ) = combine( x, y ) must be true for all times.

Parameters:

first - the first part of the path, not null

second - the second part of the path, not null

Returns:

the result, not null