001// Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.hivemind.test; 016 017/** 018 * Used with {@link org.apache.hivemind.test.AggregateArgumentsMatcher} to provide matching logic 019 * for a single argument. 020 * 021 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship 022 * @since 1.1 023 */ 024public interface ArgumentMatcher 025{ 026 /** 027 * Compares an expected argument value (provided when training the mock object), against the 028 * actual argument value. This method is only invoked if both arguments are non-null and not the 029 * same object (based on identity comparison, not <code>equals()</code>). 030 * 031 * @param expected 032 * The expected argument value 033 * @param actual 034 * The actual argument value 035 * @return true if the two objects can be considered the same, false otherwise. 036 */ 037 038 public boolean compareArguments(Object expected, Object actual); 039}