Class MajoritySelector

All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, ResourceSelector, FileSelector, SelectorContainer

public class MajoritySelector extends BaseSelectorContainer
This selector is here just to shake up your thinking a bit. Don't get too caught up in boolean, there are other ways you can evaluate a collection of selectors. This one takes a vote of the selectors it contains, and majority wins. You could also have an "all-but-one" selector, a "weighted-average" selector, and so on. These are left as exercises for the reader (as are the usecases where this would be necessary).
Since:
1.5
  • Constructor Details

    • MajoritySelector

      public MajoritySelector()
  • Method Details

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Description copied from class: BaseSelectorContainer
      Convert the Selectors within this container to a string. This will just be a helper class for the subclasses that put their own name around the contents listed here.
      Overrides:
      toString in class BaseSelectorContainer
      Returns:
      a string describing this object
    • setAllowtie

      public void setAllowtie(boolean tiebreaker)
      A attribute to specify what will happen if number of yes votes is the same as the number of no votes defaults to true
      Parameters:
      tiebreaker - the value to give if there is a tie
    • isSelected

      public boolean isSelected(File basedir, String filename, File file)
      Returns true (the file is selected) if most of the other selectors agree. In case of a tie, go by the allowtie setting. That defaults to true, meaning in case of a tie, the file is selected.
      Specified by:
      isSelected in interface FileSelector
      Specified by:
      isSelected in class BaseSelectorContainer
      Parameters:
      basedir - the base directory the scan is being done from
      filename - is the name of the file to check
      file - is a java.io.File object for the filename that the selector can use
      Returns:
      whether the file should be selected or not