serf.data
Class BasicMatcherMerger

java.lang.Object
  serf.data.BasicMatcherMerger

All Implemented Interfaces:

MatcherMerger

Direct Known Subclasses:

ProductMatcherMerger, YahooMatcherMerger

public abstract class BasicMatcherMerger
extends java.lang.Object
implements MatcherMerger

Constructor Summary

BasicMatcherMerger()

Method Summary

boolean	match(Record r1, Record r2) Compare records.
Record	merge(Record r1, Record r2) Merge two records into a single record.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicMatcherMerger

public BasicMatcherMerger()

Method Detail

match

public boolean match(Record r1,
                     Record r2)

Description copied from interface: MatcherMerger

Compare records. If they match, return true.

Specified by:

match in interface MatcherMerger

Parameters:

r1 - Record 1

r2 - Record 2

Returns:

true if the records match.

merge

public Record merge(Record r1,
                    Record r2)

Description copied from interface: MatcherMerger

Merge two records into a single record. Return the merged record

Specified by:

merge in interface MatcherMerger

Parameters:

r1 - Record 1

r2 - Record 2

Returns:

the record resulting from merging Records 1 and 2.