com.sun.mdm.index.matching
Interface Matcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

MatcherImpl

public interface Matcher

Loads and forwards requests to the adapter interface implementation configured.

Method Summary

java.util.ArrayList

findWeights(SystemObject base, QueryResults block, MatchOptions matchOptions) Evaluate how closely the passed in SystemObject matches the database records in the passed in block by calculating the weights

Method Detail

findWeights

public java.util.ArrayList findWeights(SystemObject base,
                                       QueryResults block,
                                       MatchOptions matchOptions)
                                throws MatchingException

Evaluate how closely the passed in SystemObject matches the database records in the passed in block by calculating the weights

Parameters:

base - the SystemObject to match

block - the database block of records to match against

matchOptions - the options controlling the matching process

Returns:

an ArrayList of ScoreElements containing the EUID and associated match weights

Throws:

MatchingException - the matching process failed