org.ocltf.utils
Class FacadeUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.ocltf.utils.FacadeUtils

public class FacadeUtils

extends java.lang.Object

Contains utilities for dealing with model "facade" objects.

Author:

Chad Brandon

See Also:

ModelFacade

Constructor Summary

FacadeUtils()

Method Summary

static java.util.Collection	filterElementsByType(java.util.Collection elements, java.lang.Class type) Filters the elements for the elements collection by the specified type.
static java.lang.Object	getElementAsType(java.lang.Object element, java.lang.Class type) Checks to see if the element is the specified type and if so casts it to the object and returns it, otherwise it returns null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FacadeUtils

public FacadeUtils()

Method Detail

getElementAsType

public static java.lang.Object getElementAsType(java.lang.Object element,
                                                java.lang.Class type)

Checks to see if the element is the specified type and if so casts it to the object and returns it, otherwise it returns null.

Parameters:

element - the element to check.

type - the Class type.

Returns:

java.lang.Object

filterElementsByType

public static java.util.Collection filterElementsByType(java.util.Collection elements,
                                                        java.lang.Class type)

Filters the elements for the elements collection by the specified type.

Parameters:

elements - the elements to filter.

type - the model element type which to filter by

Returns:

java.util.Collection