MatchFactory (EASy-Producer Documentation API)

java.lang.Object
- net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.buildlangModel.ruleMatch.MatchFactory

```
public class MatchFactory
extends java.lang.Object
```
A factory to create the match expressions implemented in this package.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`private static TypeDescriptor<?>`	`ARTIFACT`
`private static TypeDescriptor<?>`	`BOOLEAN`
`static MatchFactory`	`INSTANCE`
`private static TypeDescriptor<?>`	`PATH`
`private static TypeDescriptor<?>`	`STRING`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

private MatchFactory()
Prevents external creation.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

AbstractRuleMatchExpression create(Expression expr)
Creates a rule match expression from expr.
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final MatchFactory INSTANCE

STRING

private static final TypeDescriptor<?> STRING

PATH

private static final TypeDescriptor<?> PATH

ARTIFACT

private static final TypeDescriptor<?> ARTIFACT

BOOLEAN

private static final TypeDescriptor<?> BOOLEAN

Constructor Detail
- MatchFactory
```
private MatchFactory()
```
  Prevents external creation.

Method Detail
- create
```
public AbstractRuleMatchExpression create(Expression expr)
                                   throws VilException
```
  Creates a rule match expression from expr.
  
  Parameters:
  
  expr - the expression to be turned into a rule match expression
  
  Returns:
  
  the resulting rule match expression (null if no creation is possible)
  
  Throws:
  
  VilException - in case of type problems