org.grouplens.grapht.solver

Class BindingResult

java.lang.Object

org.grouplens.grapht.solver.BindingResult

public class BindingResult
extends Object

BindingResult is the result tuple of a BindingFunction. It is effectively a Desire with additional metadata needed to implement certain features within the dependency solver.

Author:

GroupLens Research

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	BindingResult.Builder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CachePolicy	getCachePolicy()
Desire	getDesire()
boolean	isDeferred()
boolean	isFixed() Query if the binding result is fixed.
boolean	isSkippable() Query whether this binding result should be skipped when one of its dependencies fails.
static BindingResult.Builder	newBuilder()
static BindingResult.Builder	newBuilder(Desire desire, CachePolicy policy)
boolean	terminates()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newBuilder

public static BindingResult.Builder newBuilder()

newBuilder

public static BindingResult.Builder newBuilder(Desire desire,
                                               CachePolicy policy)

getDesire

public Desire getDesire()

Returns:

The restricted desire result of the binding function

getCachePolicy

public CachePolicy getCachePolicy()

Returns:

The CachePolicy for this binding

isFixed

public boolean isFixed()

Query if the binding result is fixed.

Returns:

true if the resulting satisfaction should refuse to be rewritten.

isDeferred

public boolean isDeferred()

Returns:

True if the resulting desire should be deferred until all other desires in this phase have been completed

terminates

public boolean terminates()

Returns:

True if no more binding functions should process the resulting desire

isSkippable

public boolean isSkippable()

Query whether this binding result should be skipped when one of its dependencies fails.

Returns:

true if this binding result should be skipped if one of its dependencies fails.