Constructor Detail

• Outputs

  public Outputs()

Method Detail

• common

  public abstract T common​(T output1,
                           T output2)

  Eg common("foo", "foobar") -> "foo"

• subtract

  public abstract T subtract​(T output,
                             T inc)

  Eg subtract("foobar", "foo") -> "bar"

• add

  public abstract T add​(T prefix,
                        T output)

  Eg add("foo", "bar") -> "foobar"

• write

  public abstract void write​(T output,
                             DataOutput out)
                      throws IOException

  Throws:

  IOException

• read

  public abstract T read​(DataInput in)
                  throws IOException

  Throws:

  IOException

• getNoOutput

  public abstract T getNoOutput()

  NOTE: this output is compared with == so you must ensure that all methods return the single object if it's really no output

• outputToString

  public abstract String outputToString​(T output)

• merge

  public T merge​(T first,
                 T second)