Package net.jqwik.api.state

Interface ChangeDetector<T>

Type Parameters:
T - the type of the stateful object
@API(status=EXPERIMENTAL, since="1.7.0") public interface ChangeDetector<T>
A change detector is used to determine if a stateful object has changed after the application of a transformer. This can become improve shrinking of chins and actionChains.
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  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    static <T> ChangeDetector<T>
    alwaysTrue()
     
    void
    before(T before)
    Get and remember the state before it is handed to a transformer.
    static <T> ChangeDetector<T>
    forImmutables()
    A change detector that can be used for immutable types that implement an equals() method
    boolean
    hasChanged(T after)
    Determine if the state object has changed.

  • Method Details

    • forImmutables

      static <T> ChangeDetector<T> forImmutables()
      A change detector that can be used for immutable types that implement an equals() method
      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the stateful object
      Returns:
      new instance of change detector

    • alwaysTrue

      @API(status=INTERNAL) static <T> ChangeDetector<T> alwaysTrue()

    • before

      void before(T before)
      Get and remember the state before it is handed to a transformer.

    • hasChanged

      boolean hasChanged(T after)
      Determine if the state object has changed.
      Parameters:
      after - The state resulting from handing it to a transformer.