/**
* Copyright (c) 2009 TIBCO Software Inc. and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Adrian Price
*/
package org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util;
import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EPackage;
/**
* An abstract base class for all switch classes.
* @since 2.7
*/
public abstract class Switch<T>
{
/**
* Returns the result of interpreting the object as an instance of '<em>EObject</em>'.
* This implementation returns null;
* returning a non-null result will terminate the switch, but this is the last case anyway.
* @param eObject the target of the switch.
* @return the result of interpreting the object as an instance of '<em>EObject</em>'.
* @see #doSwitch(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject)
* @generated
*/
public T defaultCase(EObject eObject)
{
return null;
}
/**
* Calls <code>caseXXX</code> for each (super-)class of the model until one returns a non-null result;
* it yields that result.
* @param eClass the class or superclass of <code>eObject</code> to consider.
* The class's containing <code>EPackage</code> determines whether the receiving switch object can handle the request.
* @param eObject the model object to pass to the appropriate <code>caseXXX</code>.
* @return the first non-null result returned by a <code>caseXXX</code> call.
*/
protected T doSwitch(EClass eClass, EObject eObject)
{
if (isSwitchFor(eClass.getEPackage()))
{
return doSwitch(eClass.getClassifierID(), eObject);
}
else
{
List<EClass> eSuperTypes = eClass.getESuperTypes();
return eSuperTypes.isEmpty() ? defaultCase(eObject) : doSwitch(eSuperTypes.get(0), eObject);
}
}
/**
* Dispatches the target object to the appropriate <code>caseXXX</code> methods.
* @param eObject the model object to pass to the appropriate <code>caseXXX</code>.
* @return the first non-null result returned by a <code>caseXXX</code> call.
*/
public T doSwitch(EObject eObject)
{
return doSwitch(eObject.eClass(), eObject);
}
/**
* Calls <code>caseXXX</code> for each class of the model until one returns a non-null result;
* it yields that result.
* @param classifierID the {@link EClassifier#getClassifierID() classifier ID} of the (super-)class of <code>eObject</code> relative to its defining {@link EPackage}.
* @param eObject the model object to pass to the appropriate <code>caseXXX</code> method.
* @return the first non-null result returned by a <code>caseXXX</code> call.
*/
protected T doSwitch(int classifierID, EObject eObject)
{
return null;
}
/**
* Indicates whether the receiver is a switch for the specified package.
* @param ePackage the package of interest.
* @return <code>true</code> if the receiver is a switch for <code>package</code>.
*/
protected abstract boolean isSwitchFor(EPackage ePackage);
}