ExtractingTypePatternMatcher (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.0.GA public API)

All Superinterfaces:

TypePatternMatcher
```
public interface ExtractingTypePatternMatcher
extends TypePatternMatcher
```
A pattern-matching implementation for generic types that also extracts a type from matching types.
For example, such a pattern could be described with the expression Collection<T> => T. It would only match against Collection and its subclasses, and would extract the resolved type for parameter T in the event of a match.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Optional<? extends PojoTypeModel<?>>`	`extract(PojoTypeModel<?> typeToInspect)`	Attempts to match a given type against this pattern, and if matched, returns an upper bound of the extracted type.
`default boolean`	`matches(PojoTypeModel<?> typeToInspect)`	Attempts to match a given type against this pattern, and return the result as a `boolean`.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.model.typepattern.impl.TypePatternMatcher
and, negate

- Method Detail
  - matches
```
default boolean matches(PojoTypeModel<?> typeToInspect)
```
    Description copied from interface: TypePatternMatcher
    
    Attempts to match a given type against this pattern, and return the result as a boolean.
    
    Specified by:
    
    matches in interface TypePatternMatcher
    
    Parameters:
    
    typeToInspect - A type that may, or may not, match the pattern.
    
    Returns:
    
    true in the event of a match, false otherwise.
  - extract
```
Optional<? extends PojoTypeModel<?>> extract(PojoTypeModel<?> typeToInspect)
```
    Attempts to match a given type against this pattern, and if matched, returns an upper bound of the extracted type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    typeToInspect - A type that may, or may not, match the pattern.
    
    Returns:
    
    The extracted type if there was a match, or an empty Optional otherwise.