de.cismet.commons.converter

Interface Converter.MatchRating<FROM>

Enclosing interface:

Converter<FROM,TO>

public static interface Converter.MatchRating<FROM>

This interface is intended to be implemented by converter implementations that want to provide a rating on how well the converter may convert the provided data, or in other word, how well the format of the provided data fits to the capabilities of the converter.

Version:

1.0

Author:

martin.scholl@cismet.de

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	rate(FROM from, String... params) This operation shall provide a match rating for the given data.

Method Detail

rate

int rate(FROM from,
         String... params)

This operation shall provide a match rating for the given data. The rating shall be within 0 and 100 inclusive where 0 means absolutely no match and 100 indicates a perfect match.

Parameters:

from - the data to rate

params - additional parameters that may be needed for the rating

Returns:

a rating between 0 and 100 (0 <= rating <= 100)