net.sourceforge.dynamicdispatch
Interface Dispatcher

public interface Dispatcher

Interface of the dispatcher object. A dispatcher is always bound to a receiver (called visitor) when it is created by a dispatcher factory. The dispatch method calls the most appropriate visit method in the visitor. For more information see package overview.

Version:

0.0.4

Author:

Fabian Buettner

Method Summary

void	dispatch(java.lang.Object argument) Invoke visit(argument) on the receiver of this dispatcher.

Method Detail

dispatch

public void dispatch(java.lang.Object argument)

Invoke visit(argument) on the receiver of this dispatcher. Which of the overloaded visit methods is invoked is dynamically chosen based on the runtime type of target). The most appropriate visit method is the one with the most specific argument class to which argument is assignable. If no visit method is applicable, a dispatch error is raised.

Throws:

DispatchError