org.planx.msd.list
Class SetDiscriminator<T>

java.lang.Object
  org.planx.msd.util.AbstractDiscriminator<List<T>>
      org.planx.msd.list.SetDiscriminator<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Discriminator<List<T>>

public class SetDiscriminator<T>
extends AbstractDiscriminator<List<T>>

A Discriminator capable of discriminating a multiset of Lists considered as sets. That is, two lists are considered equivalent if they contain the same elements in any order and any number.

Note that this implementation is not synchronized. If multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, it must be synchronized externally.

Author:

Thomas Ambus

Constructor Summary

SetDiscriminator(Discriminator<T> d, Memory memory)
Constructs a new SetDiscriminator where the specified Discriminator is capable of discriminating the elements contained in the sets.

Method Summary

<U,S> Collection<List<S>>

discriminate(List<? extends U> values, Extractor<U,? extends List<T>,S> e) Discriminates a List of values using an Extractor, and returns a Collection of Lists, each representing an equivalence class containing elements from values that are equivalent.

Methods inherited from class org.planx.msd.util.AbstractDiscriminator

discriminate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SetDiscriminator

public SetDiscriminator(Discriminator<T> d,
                        Memory memory)

Constructs a new SetDiscriminator where the specified Discriminator is capable of discriminating the elements contained in the sets. The instance will reuse the memory of the specified Memory.

Method Detail

discriminate

public <U,S> Collection<List<S>> discriminate(List<? extends U> values,
                                              Extractor<U,? extends List<T>,S> e)

Description copied from interface: Discriminator

Discriminates a List of values using an Extractor, and returns a Collection of Lists, each representing an equivalence class containing elements from values that are equivalent. The Extractor performs the task of extracting two kinds of objects from the input values: The label which is the object equivalence is defined upon, and the value which is the object that will be returned. That is, the label determines which equivalence class the value goes into.

The Collection of Lists returned should be considered unmodifiable (though, in some cases they might actually be modifiable, but this behaviour should not be relied upon).

Specified by:

discriminate in interface Discriminator<List<T>>

Specified by:

discriminate in class AbstractDiscriminator<List<T>>