uk.co.strangeskies.expression

Interface CopyDecouplingExpression<T extends Copyable<T>>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the expression.

All Superinterfaces:

Expression<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContinuousValue, DoubleValue, FloatValue, Fraction, IntegralValue, IntValue, LongValue, Value

public interface CopyDecouplingExpression<T extends Copyable<T>>
extends Expression<T>

A basic interface extension of Expression providing a default implementation of decoupleValue() which simply copies the result of Expression.getValue().

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default T	decoupleValue()

Methods inherited from interface uk.co.strangeskies.expression.Expression

anonymize, getValue, immutable, invalidations, over, over

Method Detail

decoupleValue

default T decoupleValue()

Specified by:

decoupleValue in interface Expression<T extends Copyable<T>>

Returns:

a value which is equal to the result of Expression.getValue() at time of invocation, with the added guarantee that it will not be further mutated by this Expression