Package org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.model.typepattern.impl

Interface TypePatternMatcher

All Known Subinterfaces:
ExtractingTypePatternMatcher
public interface TypePatternMatcher
A pattern-matching implementation for generic types.

For example, such a pattern could be described with the expression Collection<?>, which would only match against Collection and its subclasses.

  • Method Details

    • matches

      boolean matches(PojoTypeModel<?> typeToInspect)
      Attempts to match a given type against this pattern, and return the result as a boolean.
      Parameters:
      typeToInspect - A type that may, or may not, match the pattern.
      Returns:
      true in the event of a match, false otherwise.

    • negate

      default TypePatternMatcher negate()

    • and

      default TypePatternMatcher and(TypePatternMatcher other)