AbstractTargetFunction.java

/* Copyright 2012 Thorben Lindhauer
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package de.unipotsdam.hpi.thorben.ppi;

import de.unipotsdam.hpi.thorben.ppi.measure.process.TargetFunction;
import de.unipotsdam.hpi.thorben.ppi.typehelper.TypeHelper;

public abstract class AbstractTargetFunction<N extends Number> implements
		TargetFunction {
	
	protected TypeHelper<N> helper;
	
	public AbstractTargetFunction(TypeHelper<N> typeHelper) {
		this.helper = typeHelper;
	}

	public boolean apply(Number operator1, Number operator2) {
		return applySpecific(helper.asType(operator1), helper.asType(operator2));
	}

	protected abstract boolean applySpecific(N operator1, N operator2);
}