org.hamcrest

Class TypeSafeMatcher<T>

java.lang.Object

org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher<T>

org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Matcher<T>, SelfDescribing

Direct Known Subclasses:

HasProperty, HasPropertyWithValue, HasXPath, IsArray, IsArrayContaining, IsCloseTo, IsCollectionContaining, IsCompatibleType, IsEqualIgnoringCase, IsEqualIgnoringWhiteSpace, IsEventFrom, IsGreaterThan, IsMapContaining, PatternMatcher, SubstringMatcher

public abstract class TypeSafeMatcher<T>
extends BaseMatcher<T>

Convenient base class for Matchers that require a non-null value of a specific type. This simply implements the null check, checks the type and then casts.

Author:

Joe Walnes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	TypeSafeMatcher()
protected	TypeSafeMatcher(Class<T> expectedType)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	matches(Object item) Method made final to prevent accidental override.
abstract boolean	matchesSafely(T item) Subclasses should implement this.

Methods inherited from class org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher

_dont_implement_Matcher___instead_extend_BaseMatcher_, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.hamcrest.SelfDescribing

describeTo

Constructor Detail

TypeSafeMatcher

protected TypeSafeMatcher()

TypeSafeMatcher

protected TypeSafeMatcher(Class<T> expectedType)

Method Detail

matchesSafely

public abstract boolean matchesSafely(T item)

Subclasses should implement this. The item will already have been checked for the specific type and will never be null.

matches

public final boolean matches(Object item)

Method made final to prevent accidental override. If you need to override this, there's no point on extending TypeSafeMatcher. Instead, extend the BaseMatcher.

Parameters:

item - the object against which the matcher is evaluated.

Returns:

true if item matches, otherwise false.

See Also:

BaseMatcher