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Interface PofNavigator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPofPath, SimplePofPath

public interface PofNavigator

The PofNavigator interface represents an algorithm for navigating a PofValue hierarchy in order to locate a contained PofValue for extraction, modification or removal purposes.

Since:

Coherence 3.5

Author:

as 2009.02.14

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PofValue	navigate(PofValue valueOrigin) Locate the PofValue identified by this PofNavigator within the passed PofValue.

Method Detail

navigate

PofValue navigate(PofValue valueOrigin)

Locate the PofValue identified by this PofNavigator within the passed PofValue.

Parameters:

valueOrigin - the origin from which navigation starts

Returns:

the resulting PofValue

Throws:

PofNavigationException - if the navigation fails; for example one of the intermediate nodes in this path is a "terminal" PofValue such as SimplePofValue