IMatchProcessor.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Gabor Bergmann and Daniel Varro
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 * Contributors:
 *    Gabor Bergmann - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.incquery.runtime.api;

/**
 * A "lambda" action that can be executed on each match of a pattern.
 * 
 * Clients can manually implement process() in an (anonymous) class, or alternatively, extend either
 * {@link GenericMatchProcessor} or the user-friendly pattern-specific generated match processor classes.
 * 
 * @author Bergmann Gábor
 * 
 */
public interface IMatchProcessor<Match extends IPatternMatch> {
    /**
     * Defines the action that is to be executed on each match.
     * 
     * @param match
     *            a single match of the pattern that must be processed by the implementation of this method
     */
    public void process(Match match);
}