InstanceInspector.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Data Harmonisation Panel
 * 
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
 * available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
 * or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     HUMBOLDT EU Integrated Project #030962
 *     Data Harmonisation Panel <http://www.dhpanel.eu>
 */

package eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.align.helper;

/**
 * Inspector for instances
 * 
 * @author Simon Templer
 * @since 2.5
 */
public abstract class InstanceInspector {

//	/**
//	 * Get the property values specified by the property entity definition for
//	 * the given instance. 
//	 * @param instance the instance
//	 * @param property the property entity definition
//	 * @return the property values or <code>null</code>
//	 */
//	public static Object[] getValues(Instance instance, 
//			PropertyEntityDefinition property) {
//		List<? extends Definition<?>> path = property.getPath();
//		if (path.size() <= 1) {
//			return null;
//		}
//		path = path.subList(1, path.size());
//		
//		for (Definition<?> def : path) {
//			
//		}
//	}

}