com.sun.mdm.index.matching.adapter
Class SbmeMatcherAdapter

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.mdm.index.matching.adapter.SbmeMatcherAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:

MatcherAPI

public class SbmeMatcherAdapter

extends java.lang.Object

implements MatcherAPI

MatcherAPI implementation that allows MEFA to communicate with the Master Index Match Engine.

Constructor Summary

SbmeMatcherAdapter()
Creates new SbmeMatcherAdapter

Method Summary

java.util.ArrayList	findWeights(SystemObject base, QueryResults block, MatchOptions matchOptions) Uses the sbme match engine to find all the match weights comparing the bases systemobject to the 'block' records retrieved from the DB
void	initialize(MatchEngineConfiguration config) Initialize the Sbme match engine and the adapter
void	shutdown() Shutdown and release any resources associated with the Sbme match engine and the adapter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SbmeMatcherAdapter

public SbmeMatcherAdapter()

Creates new SbmeMatcherAdapter

Method Detail

findWeights

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

Uses the sbme match engine to find all the match weights comparing the bases systemobject to the 'block' records retrieved from the DB

Specified by:

findWeights in interface MatcherAPI

Parameters:

base - the system object to match against

block - the block of DB records to compare with

matchOptions - controls any matcher options such as minimum score

Returns:

An ArrayList containing the ScoreElements with the weights associated with an EUID.

Throws:

MatchingException - if the Matching failed

initialize

public void initialize(MatchEngineConfiguration config)
                throws MatchingException

Initialize the Sbme match engine and the adapter

Specified by:

initialize in interface MatcherAPI

Parameters:

config - the match engine configuration configured

Throws:

MatchingException - if the initialization failed

shutdown

public void shutdown()
              throws MatchingException

Shutdown and release any resources associated with the Sbme match engine and the adapter

Specified by:

shutdown in interface MatcherAPI

Throws:

MatchingException - if the shutdown failed