org.codehaus.cargo.module.merge.tagstrategy
Interface MergeStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChoiceMergeStrategy, ChooseByNameMergeStrategy, NodeMergeStrategy

public interface MergeStrategy

Version:

$Id: MergeStrategy.java 1705 2008-09-02 13:14:55Z adriana $

Method Summary

int	inBoth(Descriptor target, DescriptorElement left, DescriptorElement right) Process when the element appears in both descriptors.
int	inLeft(Descriptor target, DescriptorElement left) Process when the element appears just in the left descriptor.
int	inRight(Descriptor target, DescriptorElement right) Process when the element appears just in the left descriptor.

Method Detail

inBoth

int inBoth(Descriptor target,
           DescriptorElement left,
           DescriptorElement right)

Process when the element appears in both descriptors.

Parameters:

target - output descriptor

left - left element

right - right element

Returns:

count of merged elements

inLeft

int inLeft(Descriptor target,
           DescriptorElement left)

Process when the element appears just in the left descriptor.

Parameters:

target - output descriptor

left - left element

Returns:

count of merged elements

inRight

int inRight(Descriptor target,
            DescriptorElement right)

Process when the element appears just in the left descriptor.

Parameters:

target - output descriptor

right - right element

Returns:

count of merged elements