org.jquantlib.util

Interface PolymorphicVisitor

All Known Implementing Classes:

PricerSetter

public interface PolymorphicVisitor

This interface provides the functionality of obtaining a specific Visitor

This functionality is needed every time a class acts as a Visitor of more than one data structure or when a class acting as a Visitable requires a specific kind of Visitor.

A class which implements PolymorphicVisitor is potentially able to provide multiple implementations of Visitor.

See Also:

Visitor, Visitable, PolymorphicVisitable, The Visitor Design Pattern

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> Visitor<T>	visitor(java.lang.Class<? extends T> element) This method returns a Visitor responsible for visiting a specific data structure

Method Detail

visitor

<T> Visitor<T> visitor(java.lang.Class<? extends T> element)

This method returns a Visitor responsible for visiting a specific data structure

Type Parameters:

T - needed for wildcard capture trick which allows type inference at compile time. More information at More Fun with Wildcards

Parameters:

klass - specifies the data structure type

Returns:

a Visitor responsible for visiting a certain data structure type

See Also:

PolymorphicVisitable.accept(PolymorphicVisitor)