com.varankin.io.container
Interface Receiver<Atom>

Type Parameters:

Atom - elementary object described by syntax.

All Known Subinterfaces:

Accumulator<Atom>, Automaton<Atom>, TailedAutomaton<Atom>

All Known Implementing Classes:

SyntaxImpl

public interface Receiver<Atom>

Mutable object to accept another objects of specified type.

Author:

© 2010 Nikolai Varankine

Method Summary

boolean

add(Atom aPart) A procedure to accept object.

Method Detail

add

boolean add(Atom aPart)

A procedure to accept object.

Parameters:

aPart - a candidate object to accept or null to indicate break in delivery.

Returns:

true if candidate has been accepted and false if it was rejected.