de.alpharogroup.merge.api

Interface Summarizer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of objects that may be merged

public interface Summarizer<T>

A class that implements the Summarizer interface indicates that it can merge single or a collection of objects in with each other.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<T>	merge(List<T> list) Merge the given list with the objects that can be merged and return the resulted merged objects in a list.
T	merge(T object, T other) Merge the given object with other object.

Method Detail

merge

List<T> merge(List<T> list)

Merge the given list with the objects that can be merged and return the resulted merged objects in a list.

Parameters:

list - the list with the objects to merge

Returns:

the list with the merged objects

merge

T merge(T object,
        T other)

Merge the given object with other object.

Parameters:

object - the object to merge in

other - the other object to merge with

Returns:

the merged object or null if it isn't possible