QuadConstraintCollector (OptaPlanner Javadoc 8.17.0.Final API)

Type Parameters:

A - the type of the first fact of the tuple in the source QuadConstraintStream

B - the type of the second fact of the tuple in the source QuadConstraintStream

C - the type of the third fact of the tuple in the source QuadConstraintStream

D - the type of the fourth fact of the tuple in the source QuadConstraintStream

ResultContainer_ - the mutable accumulation type (often hidden as an implementation detail)

Result_ - the type of the fact of the tuple in the destination ConstraintStream

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultQuadConstraintCollector
```
public interface QuadConstraintCollector<A,B,C,D,ResultContainer_,Result_>
```
Usually created with ConstraintCollectors. Used by QuadConstraintStream.groupBy(QuadFunction, QuadConstraintCollector), ...
Loosely based on JDK's Collector, but it returns an undo operation for each accumulation to enable incremental score calculation in constraint streams.

See Also:

ConstraintCollectors

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PentaFunction<ResultContainer_,A,B,C,D,Runnable>`	`accumulator()`	A lambda that extracts data from the matched facts, accumulates it in the result container and returns an undo operation for that accumulation.
`Function<ResultContainer_,Result_>`	`finisher()`	A lambda that converts the result container into the result.
`Supplier<ResultContainer_>`	`supplier()`	A lambda that creates the result container, one for each group key combination.

- Method Detail
  - supplier
```
Supplier<ResultContainer_> supplier()
```
    A lambda that creates the result container, one for each group key combination.
    
    Returns:
    
    never null
  - accumulator
```
PentaFunction<ResultContainer_,A,B,C,D,Runnable> accumulator()
```
    A lambda that extracts data from the matched facts, accumulates it in the result container and returns an undo operation for that accumulation.
    
    Returns:
    
    never null, the undo operation. This lambda is called when the facts no longer matches.
  - finisher
```
Function<ResultContainer_,Result_> finisher()
```
    A lambda that converts the result container into the result.
    
    Returns:
    
    never null