Package org.apache.commons.collections
Interface Closure
- All Known Implementing Classes:
ChainedClosure
,ExceptionClosure
,ForClosure
,IfClosure
,NOPClosure
,SwitchClosure
,TransformerClosure
,WhileClosure
public interface Closure
Defines a functor interface implemented by classes that do something.
A Closure
represents a block of code which is executed from
inside some block, function or iteration. It operates an input object.
Standard implementations of common closures are provided by
ClosureUtils
. These include method invokation and for/while loops.
- Since:
- Commons Collections 1.0
- Version:
- $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 14:33:15 +0200 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
- Author:
- James Strachan, Nicola Ken Barozzi, Stephen Colebourne
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Method Summary
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Method Details
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execute
Performs an action on the specified input object.- Parameters:
input
- the input to execute on- Throws:
ClassCastException
- (runtime) if the input is the wrong classIllegalArgumentException
- (runtime) if the input is invalidFunctorException
- (runtime) if any other error occurs
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