All Packages  Class Hierarchy  This Package  Previous  Next  Index

Class uhr.core.attract.MatchPolicy_FirstSubset

java.lang.Object
   |
   +----uhr.core.attract.MatchPolicy_FirstSubset

public class MatchPolicy_FirstSubset

extends Object

implements MatchPolicy

MatchPolicy_FirstSubset()

isMatch(ServiceNeed, ServiceItem)

Returns true if the item is a match for the need.

pickMatch(MatchChance)

Returns the ServiceItem that is a satisfactory match for the "chance session" or null if no match.

 public MatchPolicy_FirstSubset()

 public ServiceItem pickMatch(MatchChance chance)

Returns the ServiceItem that is a satisfactory match for the "chance session" or null if no match. The chance argument is one of a series of one or more chances in a chance session. A session starts with MatchChance.isFirstChance() == true and ends with MatchChance.isLastChance() == true.

Parameters:

chance - the data representing this particular match chance.

Returns:

the ServcieItems that is a match or null for no match at this time.

 public boolean isMatch(ServiceNeed need,
                        ServiceItem item)

Returns true if the item is a match for the need. This is useful for manual links to assert the link is a valid match, and other future uses.

A "FirstSubset" match occurs if at least one need type is an item type and if the need attributes are a subset of the service attributes.

Parameters:

need - the ServiceNeed for the possible match.

item - the ServiceItem for the possible match.

All Packages  Class Hierarchy  This Package  Previous  Next  Index