com.izforge.izpack.util.xmlmerge

Interface Matcher

All Superinterfaces:

Operation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAttributeMatcher, AbstractTagMatcher, AttributeMatcher, IdAttributeMatcher, NameAttributeMatcher, SkipMatcher, TagMatcher

public interface Matcher
extends Operation

Compares two elements to know if they correspond for merging.

Author:

Laurent Bovet (LBO), Alex Mathey (AMA)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	matches(org.jdom2.Element originalElement, org.jdom2.Element patchElement) Compares two elements to know if they correspond for merging.

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(org.jdom2.Element originalElement,
                org.jdom2.Element patchElement)

Compares two elements to know if they correspond for merging.

Parameters:

originalElement - Original element

patchElement - Patch element

Returns:

True if the two elements correspond for merging