net.eusashead.parquet.http

Interface Compatible<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

Charset, ContentType, MediaType

public interface Compatible<T>

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	compatible(T other) Return true if this Compatible instance could be safely replaced with the supplied other Compatible Note compatibility is not symmetric x.compatible(y) does NOT mean y.compatible(x).

Method Detail

compatible

boolean compatible(T other)

Return true if this Compatible instance could be safely replaced with the supplied other Compatible Note compatibility is not symmetric x.compatible(y) does NOT mean y.compatible(x). Example: application/json is compatible with (can replace) application/* application/* is not compatible with (cannot replace) application/json wildcard.compatible(json) = true json.compatible(wildcard) = false Neither is it transitive. x.compatible(y) and z.compatible(y) does not imply z.compatible(z). Example: application/json is compatible with application/* application/xml is compatible with application/* application/xml is not compatible with application/json

Parameters:

other - another Compatible instance

Returns:

true if this Compatible could be replaced by the other