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package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.collections.FunctorException;
import org.apache.commons.collections.Predicate;
import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;

/**
 * Predicate implementation that returns the result of a transformer.
 * 
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2004/05/16 11:16:01 $
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public final class TransformerPredicate implements Predicate, Serializable {

    /** Serial version UID */
    static final long serialVersionUID = -2407966402920578741L;
    
    /** The transformer to call */
    private final Transformer iTransformer;
    
    /**
     * Factory to create the predicate.
     * 
     * @param transformer  the transformer to decorate
     * @return the predicate
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the transformer is null
     */
    public static Predicate getInstance(Transformer transformer) {
        if (transformer == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The transformer to call must not be null");
        }
        return new TransformerPredicate(transformer);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that performs no validation.
     * Use getInstance if you want that.
     * 
     * @param transformer  the transformer to decorate
     */
    public TransformerPredicate(Transformer transformer) {
        super();
        iTransformer = transformer;
    }

    /**
     * Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated transformer.
     * 
     * @param object  the input object
     * @return true if decorated transformer returns Boolean.TRUE
     * @throws FunctorException if the transformer returns an invalid type
     */
    public boolean evaluate(Object object) {
        Object result = iTransformer.transform(object);
        if (result instanceof Boolean == false) {
            throw new FunctorException(
                "Transformer must return an instanceof Boolean, it was a "
                    + (result == null ? "null object" : result.getClass().getName()));
        }
        return ((Boolean) result).booleanValue();
    }

    /**
     * Gets the transformer.
     * 
     * @return the transformer
     * @since Commons Collections 3.1
     */
    public Transformer getTransformer() {
        return iTransformer;
    }

}