ml.options
Interface Constraint

All Known Subinterfaces:
XMLConstraint
All Known Implementing Classes:
ExclusiveConstraint, ValueConstraint

public interface Constraint

The interface for all constraints. Custom constraints need to implement this interface.


Method Summary
 boolean isSatisfied()
          Check whether a constraint is satisfied.
 boolean supports(Constrainable constrainable)
          Indicates whether a constraint supports a given type of Constrainable
 

Method Detail

isSatisfied

boolean isSatisfied()
Check whether a constraint is satisfied. This method can be invoked after a set of command line arguments has been analyzed such that the results are known for each option and option set.

Returns:
A boolean to indicate whether a constraint is satisfied or not

supports

boolean supports(Constrainable constrainable)
Indicates whether a constraint supports a given type of Constrainable

Parameters:
constrainable -
Returns:
A boolean to indicate whether this Constrainable is supported