ml.options
Interface Constraint

All Known Subinterfaces:

XMLConstraint

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExclusiveConstraint, ValueConstraint

public interface Constraint

The interface for all constraints. Custom constraints need to implement this interface.

Method Summary

boolean	isSatisfied() Check whether a constraint is satisfied.
boolean	supports(Constrainable constrainable) Indicates whether a constraint supports a given type of Constrainable

Method Detail

isSatisfied

boolean isSatisfied()

Check whether a constraint is satisfied. This method can be invoked after a set of command line arguments has been analyzed such that the results are known for each option and option set.

Returns:

A boolean to indicate whether a constraint is satisfied or not

supports

boolean supports(Constrainable constrainable)

Indicates whether a constraint supports a given type of Constrainable

Parameters:

constrainable -

Returns:

A boolean to indicate whether this Constrainable is supported