ValueAltererComposer.java

/*license*\
   XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com)

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package  com.github.xbn.analyze.alter;
/**
   <p>For classes that need to implement {@code AltererComposer}, that cannot extend {@code AbstractAlterer}.</p>

 * @see  AbstractAlterer
 * @since  0.1.0
 * @author  Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a>
 **/
public class ValueAltererComposer<V,A> extends AltererComposer  {
//constructors...START
   /**
      <p>Create a new {@code ValueAltererComposer}.</p>

      YYY
    */
   public ValueAltererComposer()  {
      super();
   }
   public ValueAltererComposer(AlterationRequired required)  {
      super(required);
   }
   public ValueAltererComposer(boolean ignored, ValueAltererComposer to_copy)  {
      super(ignored, to_copy);
   }
   /**
      <p>Create a new {@code ValueAltererComposer} as a duplicate of another.</p>

    * <p>Equal to
      <br/>     {@link com.github.xbn.analyze.alter.AltererComposer#AltererComposer(Alterer) super}{@code (to_copy)}</p>

    * @param  to_copy  May not be {@code null}.
    */
   public ValueAltererComposer(ValueAlterer<V,A> to_copy)  {
      super(to_copy);
   }

//static...START
   public static final <V,A> A getAltered_selfIfAltererNull(ValueAlterer<V,A> prim_array, V to_validate, A to_alter)  {
      return  ((prim_array == null)
         ?  to_alter
         :  prim_array.getAltered(to_validate, to_alter));
   }
   /**
      <p>YYY</p>

      <h1>//MOVE INTERNAL CHECKS LIKE BELOW TO IW...//MOVE INTERNAL CHECKS LIKE BELOW TO IW...</h1>
   public static final <p> P getDeclareSameTypeSubAltered_selfIfSubNull(ValueAltererComposer<p> avb_containsSub, ValueAlterer<p> av_sub, P to_alter)  {
      P o = getAltered_selfIfAltererNull(av_sub, to_alter);
      boolean bNtbd = av_sub.needsToBeDeleted();

      if(bNtbd  &&  o != null)  {
         throw  new IllegalStateException("av_sub.needsToBeDeleted() is true, but av_sub.getAltered(to_alter) returned something non-null: [" + o + "]");
      }

      return  avb_containsSub.declareThenReturnAltered_4prot(bNtbd, o);
   }
    */
//static...END
}