ma.glasnost.orika.inheritance

Interface SuperTypeResolverStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSuperTypeResolverStrategy

public interface SuperTypeResolverStrategy

This strategy is used by the super-type resolver to determine when and how to lookup a super-type, and and also provides decision as to whether the super-type is accepted.

Author:

matt.deboer@gmail.com

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(Type<?> type)
boolean	shouldLookupSuperType(Type<?> type)
boolean	shouldPreferClassOverInterface()

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(Type<?> type)

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

true if the proposed super-type is acceptable

shouldLookupSuperType

boolean shouldLookupSuperType(Type<?> type)

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

true if a super-type should be looked up for the proposed type; false signifies that the class should be returned as-is.

shouldPreferClassOverInterface

boolean shouldPreferClassOverInterface()

Returns:

true if a super class(es) should be looked-up first before trying interfaces